On the Birth of a Nation: Turning points, Timor-Leste

The Birth of the Nation of Timor-Leste is a collection of audiovisual documents considered the key record of events which transformed the fate of a community far from the centres of power and of normal interests in a common cause of communities across the world.

These images and documentary stories of the story of a new nation born in part due to their transmission across millions of screens of the sufferings on a scale which few could imagine. Timor Leste was a landmark in this development.

Copies of the original footage and productions including key scenes are safeguarded by The Max Stahl Audiovisual Archive Center for Timor-Leste.

The collection was recommended for inclusion in the Memory of the World Register in 2013.

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See the Facebook page of The Max Stahl Audiovisual Archive Center for Timor-Leste and the UNESCO Register.