Punitive Damage
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When:
| Thu 2 Jul ’09, 7:00pm–8:15pm |
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Where: The Film Archive, 84 Taranaki St, Te Aro, Wellington Show map
Restrictions: All Ages
Ticket Information:
- Adult: $8.00
- Concession : $6.00
- Booking fees may apply
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(NZ, 1999, Exempt, 72 mins)
Directed by Annie Goldson, this documentary follows the untimely death of 20-year-old Kamal Bamadhaj who travelled to East Timor to assist a human rights investigation. His last words to his mother were "I'll be careful, Mum". Three weeks later he was shot dead by the occupying Indonesian military. Televised images of the massacre at Santa Cruz Cemetery in Dili, East Timor, shocked the world. Kamal was among the estimated 271 unarmed East Timorese killed that day. Punitive Damage crosses borders in New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia, and Malaysia to end up in the United States courts, as Kamal’s mother Helen Todd takes on the Indonesian Government in ground breaking legal action.
This screening will be introduced by producer Gaylene Preston.
"A powerful film. With eyewitness accounts from Timorese exiles and clandestinely shot footage and photographs, the film's evidence against the Indonesian military is damning.... Recommended for high school and college civics, history, religion and journalism classes." - Catholic Library World
Thursday night is NZ Feature night at the Film Archive.
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