We have heard about the attack on reporters in East Timor in the late 1980's where Pacifica Radio Network journalist, Amy Goodman, nearly lost her life. Goodman, known for her work on the daily Network radio program, DEMOCRACY NOW, was not the first. The new Australian film, BALIBO, recounts the ordeal of the citizens of East Timor in the mid-1970's, as the Vietnam War was winding down. Lost in that time, was the invasion by Indonesian forces that critics say both U.S. and Australian government officials had a hand in. This movie, like the Oliver Stone Film of the 1990's, JFK, raises serious and disturbing questions over the fate of five Australian journalists who died at the hands of the Indonesian government forces. Whatever became of them, no one knows for sure. But, it is clear that the five likely died at the hands of the invaders. This is a deeply moving story and, no matter what you think about journalists or the job they do, they are the instant historians of our times. This movie looks back makes the audience think just what this means and how such events are swept under the rug and, kept away from public view. This is a feature film worth a look. Australian officials, as a result, have asked the Indonesians for a re-examination of those events left under a cloud of mystery and unanswered questions.