John Pilger: Behind the Facade

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Released on DVD for the first time, this set brings together another 12 of the acclaimed Australian film-maker and journalist's most hard-hitting and inspirational films.

Recipient of multiple awards, including the UN Media Peace Prize, John Pilger is a world-renowned and highly respected journalist and author who began his career in his native Australia before moving to London. Drawing extensively on eye-witness testimony, Pilger has been a foreign correspondent and a front-line war reporter since 1967 and in the UK he is a regular contributor to a wide range of international broadcast and print media including the New Statesman, ITV and The Guardian, alongside American and European newspapers.

A passionate and rare critic of foreign military and economic ventures by Western governments, Pilger has been described as a unique presence on British television. His work makes uneasy viewing as he uncovers shocking truths about the political forces that manifest themselves worldwide; forces that many turn a blind eye to. Leaving no stone unturned, he treads where many fear to go.

TO KNOW US IS TO LOVE US

The public reaction to a Vietnamese refugee camp constructed outside an American town.

PILGER IN AUSTRALIA

A candid look at the highs and lows of Australian society.

THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH IN WARTIME

An investigation of the changing face of war reporting.

THE TIMOR CONSPIRACY

The betrayal of the East Timorese by the international community.

AN UNJUSTIFIABLE RISK

An investigation of the risks and rewards of plutonium usage and the use of fast-breeder reactors.

CAMBODIA: YEAR ONE

The effect of aid to Cambodia and the extent of the country's new-found stability.

CAMBODIA: YEAR TEN

An examination of how the UN protected and revitalised the Khmer Rouge.

CAMBODIA: YEAR TEN UPDATE

The British government and the UN react to the outcry over the situation in Cambodia.

WAR BY OTHER MEANS

An investigation into the crippling levels of debt paid by Third World countries.

CAMBODIA: THE BETRAYAL

The plight of a people who have struggled to rebuild their stricken country.

CAMBODIA: RETURN TO YEAR ZERO

John Pilger shows how the UN has allowed the Khmer Rouge to grow stronger.

THE NEW RULERS OF THE WORLD

Is global power actually in the hands of large multi-national corporations?

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