Balibo [M]
Director: Robert Connolly Starring: Anthony LaPaglia, Oscar Isaac As Indonesia prepares to invade the tiny nation of East Timor, five Australian–based journalists go missing and are found dead. War correspondent Roger East and the young Jose Ramos–Horta travel to East Timor to investigate the murders of the Balibo Five in 1975. As East's determination to uncover the truth grows, the threat of invasion intensifies and an unlikely friendship develops between the last foreign correspondent in East Timor and the man who will become President. Written by David Williamson. Based on a true story. (PN)
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