Pirate Cinema Copenhagen

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Title: The Coconut Revolution

Date: 11.2.2007
Time: 20:00
Location: Folkets Hus, 3rd floor
Free entrance

Director: Dom Rotheroe
Year: 1998
Country: UK
Language: English
Runtime, min: 50
Genre: Documentary

Aka Bougainville: Our Island, Our Fight

This is the modern-day story of a native peoples' remarkable victory over Western Colonial power. A Pacific island rose up in arms against giant mining corporation Rio Tinto Zinc (RTZ) - and won despite a military occupation and blockade. When RTZ decided to step up production at the Panguna Mine on the island of Bougainville, they got more than they bargained for. The island's people had enough of seeing their environment ruined and being treated as pawns by RTZ.

RTZ refused to compensate them, so the people decided it was time to put an end to outside interference in the island's affairs. To do this they forcibly closed down the mine.

The Papua New Guinea Army (PNGDF) were mobilised in an attempt to put down the rebellion. The newly formed Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA) began the fight with bows & arrows, and sticks & stones. Against a heavily armed adversary they still managed to retain control of most of their island. Realising they were beaten on the ground, the PNGDF imposed a gunboat blockade around Bougainville, in an attempt to strangle the BRA into submission. But the blockade seemed to of had little or no effect.

Watch trailer:
» http://youtube.com/watch?v=gTMT1gnoTvs

Links
» http://thepiratebay.org/tor/3588984/Coconut_Revolution_-_Bougainville__Our_Island__Our_Fight_(1998)
» http://anonym.to/?http://www.cultureshop.org/details.php?code=COCOREV