Bougainville History

COCONUT REVOLUTION

“Coconut Revolution”

52 minutes, google video stream

Directed by Dom Rotheroe, funded by Soros Documentary Fund

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Winner:
FICA Festival of Environmental Film, Brazil
BEMA Richard Keefe Memorial Award – WWF
Golden Kite, Best Documentary, Mar del Plata, Argentina
Silver Kite, Best Film for Young People, Argentina

Runner up:
BEMA (British Environmental Media Awards) Best Documentary
Amnesty International Awards, Best Documentary
One World Media Awards 2001, TV Documentary

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Coconut Revolution shows the island of Bougainville fighting a revolutionary war for control of their own resources.

Bougainville has tremendous reserves of both copper and gold, and it has been at the hands of European colonialists for centuries.  BBC Bougainville Timeline (only up to 2007)

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