{{for|the [[Radio 4 (band)|Radio 4]] album|Stealing of a Nation}} {{EngvarB|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox television | image = StealingaNation.jpg | alt = | caption = Title card | director = [[John Pilger]]<br>Christopher Martin<br>Sean Crotty | producer = Christopher Martin<br>Polly Bide | writer = John Pilger | narrator = | starring = John Pilger<br>[[James R. Schlesinger]]<br>[[Cassam Uteem]] <br>[[Bill Rammell]]<br>[[Mark Curtis (British author)|Mark Curtis]]<br>[[Louis Olivier Bancoult]] | music = Nicholas Russell-Pavier | cinematography = Preston Clothier | editor = Joe Frost | company = [[Carlton Television]] | released = {{Start date|2004}} | runtime = 56 minutes | country = United Kingdom | language = English<br>[[Chagossian Creole]]<br>[[Mauritian Creole]] | budget = }}
'''''Stealing a Nation''''' is a 2004 [[Granada Television]] documentary about the British–American clandestine operation that saw the [[Expulsion of the Chagossians|expulsion]] of the [[Chagossians|Chagossian population]] who have lived on [[Diego Garcia]] and neighbouring islands since the late 18th century. More than 2,000 people were [[expulsion of the Chagossians|forcefully relocated]] to [[Mauritius]] between 1967 and 1973, so that Diego Garcia could become a [[United States Armed Forces|United States military]] airbase. The film contains a series of interviews with Chagossians, who have been deprived of their [[right of return]] and forced to live in abject poverty. ''Stealing a Nation'' was written and directed by Australian journalist [[John Pilger]], and produced and directed by Christopher Martin; reconstruction footage was directed by Sean Crotty.<ref name="bff01">{{cite web |title=Stealing a Nation |first= |last= |url=http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/stealh.html |work=Bullfrog Films |date= |access-date=11 June 2010 }}</ref><ref name="jp01">{{cite web |title=Stealing a Nation |first= |last= |url=http://johnpilger.com/videos/stealing-a-nation |work=johnpilger.com |date= |access-date=30 March 2015 }}</ref>
== Reception, awards and festival screenings == ''Stealing a Nation'' was awarded the 2004 [[Royal Television Society]] Award in the category "Single Documentary - General".<ref>"[http://www.rts.org.uk/programme-awards-winners-2004 Programme Awards Winners 2004] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305080726/http://www.rts.org.uk/programme-awards-winners-2004 |date=2014-03-05 }}", rts.org.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2015.</ref>
The film was screened at the ''United Nations Association Film Festival'' in October 2005.<ref>"[http://www.unaff.org/2005/UNAFF2005_poster.pdf 8th United Nations Association Film Festival]", unaff.org. Retrieved 9 May 2015.</ref>
It was given the Chris Award in the Social Issues category at the ''[[Columbus International Film & Video Festival]]'' in November 2005.<ref>"[http://www.columbusfilmcouncil.org/download/05chrisprogram.pdf The 53rd Annual Chris Awards Columbus International Film & Video Festival 2005]", columbusfilmcouncil.org. Retrieved 9 May 2015.</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{vimeo|17401157|Stealing a Nation}}<!-- This was linked from http://johnpilger.com/videos/stealing-a-nation --> * ''[http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/stealing-a-nation Stealing a Nation]'' at Top Documentary Films * {{IMDb title|0803890}}
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