John Pilger
John Richard Pilger was an Emmy Award winning Australian journalist based in London. Pilger lived in the United Kingdom from 1962. Since his early years as a war correspondent in Vietnam, Pilger was a strong critic of American, Australian and British foreign policy, which he considered to be driven by an imperialist agenda. Pilger also criticised his native country's treatment of indigenous Australians and the practices of the mainstream media. In the British print media, he had a long association with the Daily Mirror, and wrote a fortnightly column for the New Statesman magazine. Pilger twice won Britain's Journalist of the Year Award, in 1967 and 1979. His documentaries, screened internationally, have gained awards in Britain and worldwide. He also received several honorary doctorates, and was a visiting professor at Cornell University.
Stealing a Nation (2004)
This tells a story literally 'hidden from history'. In the 1960s and 70s, British governments, conspiring with American officials, tricked into leaving, then expelled the entire population of the Chagos islands in the Indian Ocean. The aim was to give the principal ... (more)
This tells a story literally 'hidden from history'. In the 1960s and 70s, British governments, conspiring with American officials, tricked into leaving, then expelled the entire population of the Chagos islands in the Indian Ocean. The aim was to give the principal ... (more)
Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia (1979)
John Pilger vividly reveals the brutality and murderous political ambitions of the Pol Pot/Khmer Rouge totalitarian regime which bought genocide and despair to the people of Cambodia while neighboring countries, including Australia, shamefully ignored the immense ... (more)
John Pilger vividly reveals the brutality and murderous political ambitions of the Pol Pot/Khmer Rouge totalitarian regime which bought genocide and despair to the people of Cambodia while neighboring countries, including Australia, shamefully ignored the immense ... (more)
The War You Don't See
(2010)
This film investigates how the media has reported war, from the First World War to the present day. (more)
This film investigates how the media has reported war, from the First World War to the present day. (more)
Utopia (2013)
Documentary by John Pilger looks at the awful truth behind white Australia's dysfunctional relationship with Indigenous Australians (more)
Documentary by John Pilger looks at the awful truth behind white Australia's dysfunctional relationship with Indigenous Australians (more)
Apartheid Did Not Die (1998)
An analysis of South Africa's new, democratic regime. (more)
An analysis of South Africa's new, democratic regime. (more)
Death of a Nation: The Timor Conspiracy (1994)
The sensational expose of the complicity of Britain, USA and Australia in the continuing genocide in East Timor. (more)
The sensational expose of the complicity of Britain, USA and Australia in the continuing genocide in East Timor. (more)
The War on Democracy
(2007)
Set both in Latin America and the United States, the film explores the historic and current relationship of Washington with countries such as Venezuela, Bolivia and Chile. Pilger says that the film "...tells a universal story... analysing and revealing, through ... (more)
Set both in Latin America and the United States, the film explores the historic and current relationship of Washington with countries such as Venezuela, Bolivia and Chile. Pilger says that the film "...tells a universal story... analysing and revealing, through ... (more)
The New Rulers of the World (2001)
The myths of globalisation have been incorporated into much of our everyday language. "Thinking globally" and "the global economy" are part of a jargon that assumes we are all part of one big global village, where national borders and national identities no longer ... (more)
The myths of globalisation have been incorporated into much of our everyday language. "Thinking globally" and "the global economy" are part of a jargon that assumes we are all part of one big global village, where national borders and national identities no longer ... (more)
The Coming War on China (2016)
The Coming War on China is John Pilger's 60th film for ITV. Pilger reveals what the news doesn't - that the United States and the world's second economic power, China (both nuclear armed) are on the road to war. Pilger's film is a warning and an inspiring story of ... (more)
The Coming War on China is John Pilger's 60th film for ITV. Pilger reveals what the news doesn't - that the United States and the world's second economic power, China (both nuclear armed) are on the road to war. Pilger's film is a warning and an inspiring story of ... (more)
The Dirty War on the NHS (2019)
John Pilger unearths the hidden agenda behind the NHS crisis. (more)
John Pilger unearths the hidden agenda behind the NHS crisis. (more)
Heroes (1981)
1981. The shabby treatment of returning combat soldiers from Vietnam is investigated. (more)
1981. The shabby treatment of returning combat soldiers from Vietnam is investigated. (more)
Nicaragua: A Nation's Right to Survive (1983)
How can a country survive when its jungle borders hold 4000 hostile troops? (more)
How can a country survive when its jungle borders hold 4000 hostile troops? (more)
Burp! Pepsi v. Coke in the Ice-Cold War (1984)
Burp! Pepsi Vs Coke in the Ice Cold War traces the history of these brands against the backdrop of global politics. The second world war was the perfect vehicle for Coca-Cola distribution (including to the Nazis), with bottling plants on front lines paid for by the ... (more)
Burp! Pepsi Vs Coke in the Ice Cold War traces the history of these brands against the backdrop of global politics. The second world war was the perfect vehicle for Coca-Cola distribution (including to the Nazis), with bottling plants on front lines paid for by the ... (more)
The Secret Country: The First Australians Fight Back (1986)
The shameful history of persecution of the Aborigines in Australia. The secret history of Australia is a historical conspiracy of silence. Written history has long applied selectivity to what it records, largely ignoring the shameful way that the Aborigines were, ... (more)
The shameful history of persecution of the Aborigines in Australia. The secret history of Australia is a historical conspiracy of silence. Written history has long applied selectivity to what it records, largely ignoring the shameful way that the Aborigines were, ... (more)
Cambodia: Year Ten (1989)
1989. An examination of how the UN protected and revitalised the Khmer Rouge. (more)
1989. An examination of how the UN protected and revitalised the Khmer Rouge. (more)
Cambodia: The Betrayal (1990)
1990. The plight of a people who have struggled to rebuild their stricken country. (more)
1990. The plight of a people who have struggled to rebuild their stricken country. (more)
War By Other Means (1992)
War By Other Means is a 1992 television documentary by John Pilger and David Munro concerning loans to developing countries from the World Bank which cause them to pay more interest then they ever receive in international aid ("debt as a weapon"). It also analyses ... (more)
War By Other Means is a 1992 television documentary by John Pilger and David Munro concerning loans to developing countries from the World Bank which cause them to pay more interest then they ever receive in international aid ("debt as a weapon"). It also analyses ... (more)
Flying the Flag, Arming the World (1994)
Britain is still a world leader. Indeed it has twenty percent of a world market, second only to the United States. And this industry is considered so important by the government that it consumes almost half of all research and development funds. Strangely it ... (more)
Britain is still a world leader. Indeed it has twenty percent of a world market, second only to the United States. And this industry is considered so important by the government that it consumes almost half of all research and development funds. Strangely it ... (more)