Greg Shackleton Reporting - Balibo Movie Clip

Actor Damon Gameau recreates Balibo Five journalist Greg Shackleton's famous last report in which he shares the bewilderment of the Timorese about why Australia is not helping them.

"That piece, for me, is the most significant piece of wartime journalism," says Balibo director Robert Connolly. "It shows a young journalist profoundly affected by the predicament. He crosses the line of impartial objectivity that is expected of journalists. When he almost cries at the end it's because of the inability to go to that country and remain unaffected. It's very significant, so I had to have it in the film."

Until late in the shoot, Connolly considered using the original footage of Shackleton. Instead, he, cinematographer Tristan Milani and actor Damon Gameau chose to recreate the scene exactly, right down to the sudden, hand-cranked zoom. Watch the original piece here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojS0B2WRS3o

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[ladronita]

Amazing performance.

[KenfromDublin]

Great acting and production, almost indistinguishable from the original report.

[asd36f]

Greg Shackleton changed his surname to Shackleton in honour of his hero, Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackelton. Shackleton's report is very similar in style to Morley Safer's 1965 report about the burning of a Vietnamese village.

[jonaspv]

Why did they cut the Portuguese reference from the original report? Everything else is spot on!

[beano1eye]

Our government has a lot to answer for these murders, Minimal investigations have been conducted since 1975, Also no compassion for the families of the victims, I still cannot believe the one and only piece of contact Tony Stewart (Victim) mothers had with the Australian government was a phone call from the Australian embassy asking her where they could send the bill for her sons coffin! Yet they spend millions of tax money on murderers and pedophile's defenses through legal aid, it's disgusting

[deddukkurniawan]

wars are cruel

[82857329]

Indeed. An amazing performance. I saw the film yesterday and found it absolutely compelling. I then searched for original footage on youtube. This is all I found which in itself tells a horrific story - of course, the story could never be told from footage alone - it never got out. Yes. Agreed. This performance was brilliant but it was a performance. The orginal footage has 30 more layers of forboding and horror. I am still deeply moved by this atrocity.