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Big Brother of Christmas Island (1999)
55 min | Documentary

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Big Brother of Christmas Island (1999)

55 min | Documentary

Phosphate rich Christmas Island rears out of the Indian Ocean only ten degrees south of the Equator. It was first mined by the British and then by the Australians. The British Phosphate Commission (BPC) ran the Island like a Raj outpost, ...See morePhosphate rich Christmas Island rears out of the Indian Ocean only ten degrees south of the Equator. It was first mined by the British and then by the Australians. The British Phosphate Commission (BPC) ran the Island like a Raj outpost, exploiting cheap Asian labor and practicing a form of apartheid. Gordon Bennett, a hard drinking Englishman, came to the remote Australian territory in 1979 to become General Secretary of the Union of Christmas Island Workers. Appalled at what he found, Bennett was determined to dismantle the archaic and racist institutions on the island. The film traces attempts to crush the tiny union and shut down the mine. See less

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