Stealing a Nation sits in the top 2% of Other Asia films on this catalog — ranked #11 of 547 by TMDB audience score.
Synopsis
“The shocking film Australian networks won't touch!”
This tells a story literally 'hidden from history'. In the 1960s and 70s, British governments, conspiring with American officials, tricked into leaving, then expelled the entire population of the Chagos islands in the Indian Ocean. The aim was to give the principal island of this Crown Colony, Diego Garcia, to the Americans who wanted it as a major military base. Indeed, from Diego Garcia US planes have since bombed Afghanistan and Iraq. The story is told by islanders who were dumped in the slums of Mauritius and in the words of the British officials who left a 'paper trail' of what the International Criminal Court now describes as 'a crime against humanity'
The 2003–2005 Other Asia Window
49 Other Asia films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Stealing a Nation sits at position #1.
The 2000s Other Asia Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Stealing a Nation premiered. 130 total titles in this decade from Other Asia.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #11 of 547 Other Asia films indexed here (98th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.7 points above the Other Asia average of 6.6/10.
Among Other Asia Documentary productions specifically: #2 of 27 (top 7%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Other Asia |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | British Indian Ocean Territory, United Kingdom |
| Original Language | En |
| Runtime | 56m |
| Release Date | January 1, 2004 |
| IMDb | tt0803890 |