# Stealing a Nation > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Stealing_a_Nation > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Stealing_a_Nation.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stealing_a_Nation > Source revision: 1339143688 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) For the [Radio 4](/source/Radio_4_(band)) album, see [Stealing of a Nation](/source/Stealing_of_a_Nation). 2004 British TV series or programme Stealing a Nation Title card Written by John Pilger Directed by John Pilger Christopher Martin Sean Crotty Starring John Pilger James R. Schlesinger Cassam Uteem Bill Rammell Mark Curtis Louis Olivier Bancoult Music by Nicholas Russell-Pavier Country of origin United Kingdom Original languages English Chagossian Creole Mauritian Creole Production Producers Christopher Martin Polly Bide Cinematography Preston Clothier Editor Joe Frost Running time 56 minutes Production company Carlton Television Original release Release 2004 (2004) ***Stealing a Nation*** is a 2004 [Granada Television](/source/Granada_Television) documentary about the British–American clandestine operation that saw the [expulsion](/source/Expulsion_of_the_Chagossians) of the [Chagossian population](/source/Chagossians) who have lived on [Diego Garcia](/source/Diego_Garcia) and neighbouring islands since the late 18th century. More than 2,000 people were [forcefully relocated](/source/Expulsion_of_the_Chagossians) to [Mauritius](/source/Mauritius) between 1967 and 1973, so that Diego Garcia could become a [United States military](/source/United_States_Armed_Forces) airbase. The film contains a series of interviews with Chagossians, who have been deprived of their [right of return](/source/Right_of_return) and forced to live in abject poverty. *Stealing a Nation* was written and directed by Australian journalist [John Pilger](/source/John_Pilger), and produced and directed by Christopher Martin; reconstruction footage was directed by Sean Crotty.[1][2] ## Reception, awards and festival screenings *Stealing a Nation* was awarded the 2004 [Royal Television Society](/source/Royal_Television_Society) Award in the category "Single Documentary - General".[3] The film was screened at the *United Nations Association Film Festival* in October 2005.[4] It was given the Chris Award in the Social Issues category at the *[Columbus International Film & Video Festival](/source/Columbus_International_Film_%26_Video_Festival)* in November 2005.[5] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-bff01_1-0)** ["Stealing a Nation"](http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/stealh.html). *Bullfrog Films*. Retrieved 11 June 2010. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-jp01_2-0)** ["Stealing a Nation"](http://johnpilger.com/videos/stealing-a-nation). *johnpilger.com*. Retrieved 30 March 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** "[Programme Awards Winners 2004](http://www.rts.org.uk/programme-awards-winners-2004) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20140305080726/http://www.rts.org.uk/programme-awards-winners-2004) 2014-03-05 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)", rts.org.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** "[8th United Nations Association Film Festival](http://www.unaff.org/2005/UNAFF2005_poster.pdf)", unaff.org. Retrieved 9 May 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** "[The 53rd Annual Chris Awards Columbus International Film & Video Festival 2005](http://www.columbusfilmcouncil.org/download/05chrisprogram.pdf)", columbusfilmcouncil.org. Retrieved 9 May 2015. ## External links - [Stealing a Nation](https://vimeo.com/17401157) on [Vimeo](/source/Vimeo) - *[Stealing a Nation](http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/stealing-a-nation)* at Top Documentary Films - [*Stealing a Nation*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0803890/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Documentaries of John Pilger Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia (1979) The Secret Country: The First Australians Fight Back (1985) Death of a Nation (1994) Vietnam: The Last Battle (1995) Inside Burma: Land of Fear (1996) Welcome to Australia (1999) Paying the Price (2000) Palestine Is Still the Issue (2002) Breaking the Silence (2003) Stealing a Nation (2004) The War on Democracy (2007) The War You Don't See (2010) Utopia (2013) v t e Chagos Islands dispute History Chagos Archipelago sovereignty dispute British Indian Ocean Territory Order 1965 Expulsion of the Chagossians British Indian Ocean Territory Chagos Marine Protected Area Key groups and people Chagossians Louis Olivier Bancoult Allen Vincatassin Aurélie Marie-Lisette Talate Charlesia Alexis Sabrina Jean Liseby Elysé Diego Garcia and Chagos Islands Council Chagos Refugee Group UK Chagos Support Association Legal cases 2000 Bancoult (No 1) EWHC 2006 Bancoult v. McNamara D.C. Cir. 2008 Bancoult (No 2) UKHL 2012 Chagos Islanders v UK ECtHR 2015 Mauritius v UK PCA 2016 Bancoult (No 2) UKSC 2018 Bancoult (No 3) UKSC 2019 Chagos advisory opinion ICJ Media Another Paradise Diego l'interdite Stealing a Nation --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Stealing a Nation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stealing_a_Nation) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stealing_a_Nation?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.