East Timor: Birth of a Nation - Rosa's Story

Name: East Timor: Birth of a Nation - Rosa's Story
Director: Luigi Acquisto
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2002-01-01
Rating: 7.0

2002 · 110 min · ★ 7.0 · Documentary

In 1975, after 460 years of Portuguese rule, Fretilin, the revolutionary front for an independent East Timor, declared independence for the small nation. Ten days later Indonesia invaded. Fretilin, and the resistance army...

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