Islands on the Edge of Time
November 29 1996 (almost 28 years ago)Rating
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- Directors: Mary Beth Brangan, James Heddle
- Genre: Documentary
- Runtime: 56 m
- Budget: $50,000
- Country: Palau
- Company: Corporation for Public Broadcasting
From 1982 to 1996 award-winning filmmakers Mary Beth Brangan & James Heddle documented on film and video unfolding events in the fledgling island nation of Palau. When Palau's voters made it the first nation in history to adopt a nuclear free, green constitution, Washington's war planners saw it as 'the threat of a good example.' Palau became the poster child for the growing Nuclear Free Pacific movement and a cause celebre for the global nuclear free zone movement. The 10-year-long manipulation of the electoral process the U.S. then unleashed to force the rollback of Palau's nuclear ban became a text book case for subversion of the democratic process in developing countries...and at home. Their experiences covering this story made the filmmakers life-long advocates of election integrity.