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 TiMOR LESTE

FALiNTiL 1998 - 99

It is 1998, the 23rd year of brutal Indonesian occupation. In the highlands, Falintil guerrillas led by the charismatic commander Taur Matan Ruak continue to wage a David and Goliath struggle against their oppressors.
This clandestine reportage through Indonesia's military gauntlet, provides a unique picture of guerrilla life in pre-independence Timor Leste.

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Washing Polaroid negatives in a jungle stream as night falls. East Timor 1998

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