Balibo Page #5

You have to take the film and run.

Tony! Take the film and run!

F***in' run!

We are journalists!

We are journalists!

Journalist.

Journalist, huh?

We rest here for 20 minutes.

Quiet!

I will lead them away.

The river heads north,

heading at all times

away from the front line.

Wait, wait, wait.

- Get going now.

- Wait, wait!

- Senor East, glass of wine?

- Yes, thank you.

Celebrate.

Good you came back.

Yes.

So better drink the best.

Otherwise other people

come and they drink it,

and I don't know,

tomorrow,

maybe they come over.

They take over.

What are you going to do?

Senor East, what can I do?

You could go into the mountains.

The hills. You could hide.

I work in a hotel.

People need hotel to stay in.

Yes, but what about your daughter?

Oh, Juliana,

I send to her grandmother.

Maybe tomorrow,

they go in the hills to hide.

Good.

Not hungry?

How are you, Roger?

Fine.

It's good to see you.

I came to tell you that...

something remarkable has happened.

What's that?

My people have heard

of your quest...

to discover the fate

of your comrades.

They want the truth to be known.

Witnesses have come forward.

I have brought three of them

to speak with you, to...

help you tell your story.

Thank you.

Roger, the invasion of Dili

is imminent.

Our intelligence is accurate.

Kissinger and President Ford flew out

of Jakarta this morning.

- Antonio.

- Nice to meet you.

- Jordao.

- Nice to meet you.

- Manuel.

- And you.

Roger...

My colleagues, my government...

has...

chosen me to be a

voice outside of Timor.

What does that mean?

I am leaving in an hour,

and you should come with me.

I know, I know.

I know what you are thinking.

I know. You think I am a coward.

That I am abandoning my people.

But I am not.

I am laying down my life today

because from now until the day I die,

I will not stop until

there is justice for Timor.

Do you honestly think

that you can save this country?

Yes, absolutely.

Yes.

Roger, it's time to go.

I have a seat for you on the flight.

First get your interviews.

I will hold the plane until

you are done.

I can't do it, mate.

If I leave,

there'll be no journalists left.

Then who's going to tell your story?

It is not safe, Roger.

Good luck.

Juliana.

Oh, you've been practicing. Good.

Thank you.

What's that for?

It's a thank you.

Thank you, sweetie.

Bye.

Three militiamen,

two of them teenagers,

came to me in Dili to talk

about how they had witnessed...

five Australian newsmen dying.

Their testimony was shattering

in its simplicity...

and its directness.

The five were to die at sunrise,

only yards from a building...

which they believed to be a sanctuary

when the battle was over.

They had dubbed it...

the Australian embassy,

painted Australia

on its walls along with...

the likeness of an Australian flag.

It afforded them no protection.

They were executed

within minutes of being captured.

Florentino.

Take this down right away, okay?

This is Roger East,

reporting from Dili, East Timor.

With absolutely no international

condemnation whatsoever,

including the Australian government,

the Indonesian army

has today invaded Dili.

At this very moment,

they are trying to

break into the office...

I'm an Australian!

You mongrels. Let me go!

No!

No!

I'm an Australian!

I'm an Australian!

No!

No! Get off me!

Get off me!

Get off me!

Mongrels. Dogs.

No!

No!

No!

No!

No.

No.

I'm Australian.

I..

I have 24 years stories.

How long will that take

you to record?

Senhora ,...

Viva Falantil!

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