"THIS MOVIE IS DEDICATED TO ALL TIMORESE MOTHERS" "WHO HAVE CRIED FOR THEIR DEAD CHILDREN" "AND ALSO TO THOSE WHO COULD NOT CRY FOR THEM" "TIMOR LOROSAE THE UNSEEN MASSACRE" "Timor Lorosae in Tetum means the place where the sun rises." "East Timor is a tiny island located between the north of Australia and the south of Indonesia." "Surrounded by both the Indian and Pacific oceans, this eastern strip of land of the Timor Island has an area of 14,874km2, corresponding to the state of Sergipe, in Brazil, and shares its border with West Timor," "Indonesian territory." "With an equatorial climate, Timor reveals a variety of landscapes, from mountains to crystalline coral beaches." "An exuberant beauty that presents an enormous tourism potential." "On this small island, or part of an island, live the Mauberes, a warrior people." "These people endured one of the cruelest massacres in the recent history of the 20th century." "Approximately one third of their population was decimated during the almost 25 years of Indonesian occupation." "Something so terrible that it can only be compared to the Nazi Holocaust." "It's a story of courage and hope, but, above all, of death and uncertainty." "It's a dream of a better future that will heal the wounds of the past, of a massacre." "An unseen massacre, one the world never saw." "Today the estimated population of East Timor is between 600 and 800 thousand people distributed in large cities, such as Dili, the capital, and Baucau, or in small villages, such as Laleia," "Mirtutu and Ermera." "This is the story of a people who have no schools, no hospitals, police, registry offices, houses, nor citizen rights, who have nothing!" "Theses are the scars left by the violent withdrawal of the Indonesian Army that burned the whole country in September, 1999." "The consequences for the country's economy are immense." "Unemployment reigns almost absolute, and the situation throughout the country is precarious, especially in relation to food and health." "Commerce takes place in street markets, and people still use the Indonesian rupiah as currency." "There's not much other than basic food products and some handicrafts." "Agriculture is the country's main economic activity, with coffee as its primary crop." "Other traditional activities, such as fishing and raising buffalo are also part of the Timorese daily life." "In the countryside, one can still find some of the traditional constructions that resisted the Indonesian wrath." "Beautiful typical houses, some of them built on stilts, with historical significance." "The Timorese people's greatest passion is:" "the rooster." "And their vice, practically a national sport:" "cockfighting." "Here, in Timor, just as on the neighboring islands, there are many ethnic groups with a strong fighting tradition." "In Timor we even had the tradition of headhunting, that is, when defeating their enemies in war, they'd cut off their heads and keep them as trophies." "The Timorese people are probably a product of the many immigrants who arrived here, naturally through Asia." "Therefore, we probably first had the australian Aborigines ancestors passing through, then, the ancestors of the Papuans, and, finally, the Austronesians." "When I say "finally", I mean the Austronesians are the foundation of the Timorese people." "They brought in the main physical traits of the people and most of the languages spoken in Timor, such as Tetum and Baikenu, both Austronesian languages." "Timor was composed of 30 or 40 kingdoms, that kept their autonomy until the beginning of the 20th century." "They were vassals of the Portuguese Crown, but the kings were independent, and there was no interference in the internal administration of the kingdoms." "They only had a governor in dill, so there was a tradition of freedom." "They turned Timor into slums, into tin neighborhoods." "Because of the guerrillas, traditional villages were destroyed." "Houses were made of wood, and fire burned them down." "Then, for military reasons, they pushed the population to the roads, and therefore, Timor looks disgusting, while traveling along them." "Those who saw Timor before, with its beautiful traditional villages, today must travel to the countryside in order to see its traditional constructions, because the others have been replaced with houses made of zinc or tin." "strategically speaking," "Timor is a piece of island, half of an island, a tiny island." "Being independent caused apprehension in Indonesia." "In 1965, a rebellion was suffocated in Indonesia." "Therefore, 10 years later, here comes tiny little Timor, trying to become independent;" "it was like reviving those separatist desires." "Indonesia was conquered by the Dutch Company of the East Indies, a profit-oriented trading company." "The first to arrive in Timor were the missionaries, who had no commercial interests, but, on the other hand, had religious and cultural ones." "The roots of the Portuguese culture were much deeper than those of the Dutch in Indonesia." "On days of celebration, they parade with elegance, proudly carrying the old Portuguese flags that had been buried and hidden from the Japanese." "Indonesia is an empire, not a country." "There are more than 300 languages." "They don't have a united history, except for a Dutch Empire that was handed over to the Javanese." "Most of the Indonesian people outside of Java don't like the Javanese." "The people want to be independent!" "Due to the de-colonization policy adopted by Portugal after April 25, 1974, and the progressive abandonment of Timor, after more than 400 years of colonization, the first 5 political parties are created in East Timor." "Because of Indonesian pressure for integration, the two main pro-independence political parties," "UDT, Timor Democratic Union;" "and FRETlLlN, Revolutionary Front for an independent" "East Timor, come into conflict, thus beginning a civil war." "After months of internal conflict," "FRETlLlN and its guerrilla group, FALlNTlL, seize power, declaring independence for the Democratic Republic of East Timor." "The dispute was actually here in dill, among young party members of this party who, fought for power." "It would have been a war with minor consequences, just a small dispute here in dill, if Indonesia hadn't interfered." "They didn't have enough sense to realize that they were opening the way for an Indonesian invasion." "That was the Indonesian argument." "However, one must say that even before the Timor nationalist parties came into conflict," "Indonesia was already violating our sovereignty by sending in agents to open up the way for them." "Our war is a political war." "As you know, our goal is to earn our independence." "The Indonesian military presence was rejected for structural and circumstantial reasons." "The barbarian behavior of their troops, when 16 warships bombed dill, the seminary where I used to teach." "They killed dozens of people in the streets, including the hospital nurses who were assisting the people." "people began to feel a certain aversion to the Indonesians." "On December 7, 1975, a few days after FRETlLlN declares independence, the Indonesian occupation begins." "Suharto's troops bomb Dili." "The people, terrified, flee to the mountains under the protection of the FALlNTlL." "We began the war in 1975 with 27,000 men." "For almost 4 or 5 years it was a war of position." "We had control of the entire population, our administration, agriculture and education organized." "unfortunately, the enemy managed to destroy all that through what they called alternate annihilation campaigns." "Then, in '79 or '78, the Indonesian troops began to trigger large military operations." "We had more than 90 of the population in the mountains with us." "They concentrated large numbers of men, more than 45,000, with heavy artillery and airplanes, that began to attack, from base to base." "They destroyed all our bases, one at a time." "Many of the guerrillas surrendered." "The central committee, composed of around 70 members, the highest command of the conflict, was reduced to only two." "We were in the east, looking for other groups." "When we saw there were none, we decided to continue the war, and I became the leader." "Our words of honor are:" "the fight goes on;" "fatherIand or death, the fight goes on." "During the first years of war, it wasn't necessary to train guerrillas because every single adult Timorese citizen, whether illiterate, or a doctor, or whatever, all of us were going to take up arms." "We lived in caves, under trees..." "Yes, for three years." "Yes, three years." "We would stay there for 2 or 3 months, then we'd move on, always fleeing." "We'd receive information from the FALINTIL commanders that we had to leave a certain place, and we'd move on." "Carrying our things on our backs, our children in our arms..." "In '79 the population went back to the villages, with absolutely nothing." "And for months they buried the dead bodies, old people, children..." "The youngest was 4 years old at the time, and the oldest was 7." "Before dying, the oldest one, kept saying, "Mom, I don't want to die."" "With death descending on him, it was terribly sad." "When I think about it, it is..." "It's traumatizing." "At the time, watching my children die," ""Mom, I'm about to die!" "Mom, I'm hungry."" "It's hard to explain in words what I felt, the distress of watching your children die" "little by little, of hunger." "Then they died, they were buried..." "Without a coffin." "Without a coffin." "Wrapped in the bark of a tree, we opened it up, placed them in there, tied it up, dug a hole and buried them." "We were a few hundred guerrillas, talking to the population." "We went from village to village," ""What's going on?" "Stay up there, we haven't all died yet!" "This year we still don't have anything, but next year we'II produce and give you food."" "In those first months, we guerrillas were dressed in... sacks." ""It doesn't matter." "Let's go up there," "let's kill the enemy!"" "ON THE TIP OF MY BAYONET I'LL WRITE THE STORY" "OF MY FREEDOM" "Looking up to heaven, listening to God's word," "He says: "From dust you are, and to dust you shall return."" "That's what gave me courage." "Before the invasion, only 30 of the population was catholic." "And those 30 were the ones who could read and write." "The Indonesian law stated that those who didn't have a religion were communists." "That's how it was in Indonesia." "They came here and forced everybody to have a religion." "So old people, who didn't know anything, who held onto the old beliefs, had to have a religion." "In two years, the population of catholics rose to 90." "The Pope's visit in October 1989, intended to demonstrate that East Timor no longer had security problems, and that the population had accepted its integration into Indonesia." "The Pope's mass ended with a public demonstration for independence." "Two other demonstrations followed, in January and in September of 1990 and led to conflicts between students and soldiers." "Women and children who stayed here, prayed in the chapel during the massacre." "And some young people sat here and sang, sang Timorese political songs of freedom." "One of our colleagues named Sebastião was killed in the MotaeI church." "Sebastião was another symbol, as an individual, he was another element," "like many other young people." "MAY YOUR SERVANTS REST IN ETERNITY" "The Santa Cruz Massacre took place on November 12, 1991, fifteen days after Sebastião Gomes, a young leader of the student resistance, was killed." "Portuguese representatives were scheduled to pay a visit to Dili, which had previously been negotiated with Jakarta, and the Timorese were preparing to show their rejection to the occupation." "Due to Indonesian objections, the Portuguese delegation cancelled, its visit to Timor at the last minute." "There was a mass in honor of Sebastião Gomes." "Afterwards, the demonstrators marched to the Santa Cruz Cemetery, where they were violently met by the Indonesian army." "The massacre was made famous by the world press." "It wasn't the right time for a demonstration, it was suicide." "IMAGES BY MAX STAHL" "The operation was obviously systematic." "They arrived there and began to shoot." "For more than 30 seconds, I don't know how many thousand bullets they shot." "Right after that, for those who'd survived out there, they pulled out their knives and stabbed them, to death." "A young man, 17 or 18 years old, that sat down right here next to me, had five stabs in his body." "IMAGES BY MAX STAHL" "In portugal, a very strong effect was felt when they heard the Timorese people praying in Portuguese." "Those who were in here were beaten up, captured, tied up behind their backs, and taken to the police station." "IMAGES BY MAX STAHL" "More than 500 people died and disappeared on that day and on the following day." "IMAGES BY MAX STAHL" "They took some of the women and girls to the Army hospital, where they were raped, even the injured ones." "The number of people who died here, in the hospital, or back there is hard to tell." "They captured a Iot of people." "They were tortured and given excrement to eat, and urine." "If anyone hesitated to eat the excrement or drink the urine, they were beaten to death." "My uncle was killed, and my father was set free because my mother gave money to the commander of the Indonesian agency." "We've informed UNTAET many times about the victims, women who were forced to use contraceptive devices," "They still have those devices inside their bodies." "War always brings conflicts, and it's the mothers who are the ones to suffer, who have children that die, it's the wives who have their husbands in prison, and even themselves, their own bodies," "are often raped." "And with all that rage we went on intensifying our clandestine front." "I worked with FALINTIL." "We organized things together." "FALINTIL works in the forest, we work in the resistance." "We're part of the clandestine operation, and sometimes we fought the enemy." "We threw rocks at them, sometimes, how can I say, we broke into their houses and killed them sometimes." "You also killed them?" "Yes." "How?" "We stabbed them." "Did you use those large knives?" "No, we used the Timor knives, our regular knives." "This knife." "I took this knife to the mountains, to defend my body." "What do you call it?" "This knife is called a "catana. "" "We use it to cut their throats." "Were a Iot of people killed?" "Yes." "The resistance continued among the guerrilla and the organized people, until 1992, when the FALlNTlL guerrillas, no longer a part of FRETlLlN, suffered a crushing blow." "The prison in AiIeu was designated for the FALINTIL." "By '92, when our commander Xanana was sent to prison, we had been reduced to 150 men with approximately 60 weapons." "As for them, they wanted me alive, making statements and signing papers." "So I knew they wouldn't harm me physically." "However, after two days" "of maintaining a strong position, they began psychological torture." "For three days and three nights," "I wasn't allowed to sleep." "They didn't let me sleep for one, single minute." "From the very first moment, they would ask me," ""Do you consider yourself an Indonesian citizen?"" ""If I told you that I do consider myself an Indonesian citizen, would you believe it?"" "It was like saying:" ""You stupid general!"" "The clandestine organization had become weakened, with many of its leaders in jail or dead." "But Xanana Gusmão continued to lead the resistance from prison and, in 1996, the world finally heard about Timor!" "It was hard because ours was an isolated fight, and a forgotten people." "It was only later, after hundreds and thousands of deaths, that we became known internationally, especially, when two of our heroes were awarded the nobel Prize in oslo," "Bishop Ximenes BeIo and Dr. José Ramos Horta." "And Dom Ximenes Belo and Ramos Horta finally walked into the Oslo City Council Chambers." "THE MAUBERE PEOPLE FREED OUR NATION." "At least, that brought Timor to the headlights, the world became aware of us." "Why would they give an award to Timor?" "What happened there?" "At least people became aware of what had happened in Timor." "After the Nobel Prize in Peace, with the attention of the media and pressure for humans rights, the Indonesians were compelled to contain their actions." "But they began to form, what would later become the greatest problem for East Timor:" "an armed militia in favor of integration." "Timorese paramilitary groups, trained and supported by the Indonesian Army to strike terror into the population." "AII the Indonesian generals, that are in power today, were here." "Their military training school was in Timor." "The more they killed the population, the higher they rose in rank;" "the more they killed, the higher they rose." "Many made it to the generalship, a generalship of crimes." "They earned a degree in criminology." "Where do the militias get their clothes from?" "Their weapons?" "Ammunition?" "Food?" "Cars?" "If not from the Indonesian Army?" "It was the militia, the militia, with the Indonesian military, the Indonesian troops." "The militia goes in first, and the Indonesian troops follow." "There were also Timorese people working with the Indonesians, the same ones that now call themselves militia." "But they're soldiers, from the 744, 745 Groups." "They're from battalions composed of Timorese or of Timorese and Javanese people." "And they're the worst killers in the war, because they are people who are completely alienated from their own people." "There's a story about this one-year-oId child, whom the militiaman was about to shoot, and the mother cried, "kill me instead!"" "So he shot the child and then the mother." "One of the most shocking cases of militia action is the story of the politician Manuel Carrascalão." "His 18 year-old son, Manuelito, was massacred in his own home where more than 300 refugees were sheltered." "My wife was flying in on that day, and my son who was killed was supposed to go to the airport." "As he was leaving, some of his friends came over, and he didn't know what to do, so I decided to go." "In the car, I heard Eurico saying on the radio that the CarrascaIões had to be killed." "When I got to the airport, he called me," ""Dad, the militia are going to attack our home."" "I immediately ran over to the army commander's house, and he asked what my problem was." ""They want to attack my house."" "When I told them that I needed their help, they laughed and said, "There's nothing we can do about it;" "we're neutral."" "So I asked him to give me weapons to defend it myself, and he said:" ""Go ask someone else."" "Then he said: "Don't go home." "They've already killed everybody there;" "don't go there."" "Then I found out that my son was dead, there was nothing I couId do." "So I asked them to give me my son's body, which they did after four days." "I have a photograph that a friend gave me and he said," ""This is your son, they buried him alive and took him out to give him back to you."" "Pieces of the bodies that had been quartered were found all over the house and in the water wells in the yard." "They killed around 60 or 70 people." "They had been prepared and trained to kill, to do evil, commit crimes, rape women and children, kill as much as possible and to steal..." "They were able to mobilize the population or the militia by introducing drugs." "Amphetamines, speed." "aginguilan, in Bahasa Indonesian." "A type of coal." "Mad dog." "You lose your senses." "They say that when you take that, you lose control and that's it!" "You just want to kill and destroy." "It could be a mother or a child, they have no mercy." "The Indonesians killed him." "They cut off his head." "It was a militiaman." "Why do we run away?" "Because the militia kills, and we run away." "If we don't run away, we all die." "After almost 25 years of Indonesian occupation and the resistance of the people, and with the increasing pressure of international public opinion in favor of the Timorese cause," "Xanana Gusmão is finally , released from prison, and the UN sponsors a plebiscite in agreement with Jakarta, Portugal, and the Timorese leaders." "On August 30, 1999, the people finally were able to democratically choose between integration with Indonesia or independence." "Eurico Guterrez, the pro-integrationist militia leader, among other things, during the months before the plebiscite, commanded a series of conflicts and intimidations against the people and the media." "The UN did not pay enough attention to security issues, and the conflicts worsened." "On one side, the integrationalists, on the other, the pro-independence group." "When it was time to vote, in spite of it all, people came down from the mountains to show the world their determination." "On August 30, the Timorese looked distressed, as if they knew what was about to happen." "Their act of courage would be paid back in blood." "But the outcome couldn't have been any different:" "a crushing pro-independence victory, almost 80 of the population." "It was the people who chose independence." "In the elections on the 30th, people showed that even if they had to eat rocks," "live without a house, rain or shine, they would always choose independence." "As the Timorese people had expected, the militia decided to strike their last blow." "It was wrath!" "But it's easy to understand because they're victims of the manipulation of the military that sponsored and created this group to burn down their own country." "Behind the militias were the generals." "For exampIe, Barbon, Wiranto, and the other generals that left East Timor, ashamed of the defeat." "They struck the entire country on the 6th at 2pm." "They killed at Ieast 8 people at the bishop's house, which was close by, at the same time." "When they attacked the bishop's house, we were all there." "They were Indonesian soldiers, policemen, and militiamen." "She's saying that they shot at the people and in the air." "We even found two dead bodies under the cars." "The Timorese people knew that was going to happen when they voted." "They knew." "It wasn't a spontaneous response, it was something that was planned and prepared." "In Suai, one of the hardest attacked villages, located on the border, the church was completely destroyed, and the priests were killed." "At the same time, at two in the afternoon, they began a massive attack throughout the entire country." "On the 5th, the referendum results were announced, and the priest in Suai celebrated his last mass." "Two priests and a great number of refugees were killed." "They burned down around 80 of the most important houses and buildings here and in the whole country." "They burned them night and day, killed and terrified the people, forcing them to run away." "One of the first buildings to be destroyed was the Human Rights Headquarters." "The reporters were taken out of the country, and a Dutch journalist was murdered and mutilated in a bar." "Another day of terror and death." "The United Nations Headquarters walls were the only barrier between life and death in September." "There were more than 2000 refugees within the facilities." "With the country bursting into flames, and the situation completely out of control," "The UN decided to remove their staff from East Timor, leaving the Timorese people to their own destiny." "Those were days and days of terror and death." "Our commander was clear, President Xanana was clear." "He insisted that we not retaliate, and so we didn't." "Even though people were extremely upset." "Imagine if we had fought back!" "They would have said there was a war between the Timorese, that they were here to keep the peace, and the international community wouldn't have come." "On September 20th, with the population terrified, taking refuge in the mountains evacuating to the western part of the island, the first UN troops arrive in Timor, the lNTERFET." "They found the country completely destroyed, ruined." "It took them months to capture the militias and to re-establish a minimum of order." "people from our generation have undergone three processes of destruction." "We had to start over twice, and, for the third time, we're starting over again." "For the referendum results to come into effect and to rule the country during the transition period towards an effective independence, the UN created the UN Transitional Administration in East Timor, UNTAET." "The mandate we received from the Security council" "last October, was to build a new nation upon the ashes of the Timor previously occupied by Indonesia." "In many areas." "building a new society, new democratic institutions, a legal system, a new police, new Timorese public services." "Creating a new administration, a government, or, at Ieast, the embryo of a new Timorese government." "Approximately 2000 Timorese and 800 international workers participate in the mission." "Besides that, thousands of military officers from different countries form the PKF, Peacekeeping Force." "The UN's presence brought about a new infrastructure to serve its staff, such as hotels, which are boats coming in from Asia, and a number of restaurants." "Today the Timorese economy relies on foreigners passing through, that use the US and Australian dollars as exchange currency in supermarkets for foreigners only." "The soldiers and the mission personnel are spread all over the country, indicating a fragile stability." "On the political scene, the situation remains confusing." "The leaderships, before united around the CNRT, the National Council of Timorese Resistance, a non-partisan political organization created in 1998, now begin to disagree and to separate." "New political parties arise, increasing the uncertainty in the country." "It was impossible to think that the national council of Timorese Resistance would survive indefinitely as a coalition of political parties." "The council was a demonstration of the awareness of the people to debate issues, to exercise democracy." "We are now talking about rebuilding." "rebuilding schools, hospitals, paying our public servants, building roads..." "The government must prepare a budget, and we've been receiving help from the international community." "This is the school of the FUTO association." "We teach Portuguese to those who want to Iearn." "From now on, the CNRT will begin to work to try not to only be recipients of aid, but to be actors of actions, actors participating in the countdown of time and of the process." "We are a hardworking people, a Iong-suffering people, a determined people." "Look, in 1975, theydestroyed everything." "What really affected the people, wasn't the destruction of their material things." "But they stole their souls." "They took possession of our people's souls." "Many of our cultural assets do not exist anymore." "For instance, many children should be going to school, should be in school, and they should have toys, meals, three meals a day, but they don't have that." "If we develop education, we'II begin to free ourselves from working the land like this, manually." "We will develop a plan for the next 10, 15, 25 years." "In 10 years, the Timorese people will look different." "In 25 years, they will be completely different." "A time for 'de-mourning'." "The militiamen that attacked the nuns were already isolated, they had no communication with their command in Indonesia." "There were 40 of them carrying 20 weapons." "The nuns had gone to Los palos and brought food to other nuns who were sheltered in the mountains." "On the day before, they had had a meeting with the militia." "They'd arranged a meeting for bringing medication and food." "I don't understand why they killed the nuns." "They were probably on drugs, poisoned, because when they surrendered, they brought in pills." "September 25, 1999, post-referendum." "Mother Erminia, Mother Celeste," "Jacinto Xavier were three of the eight victims who were ambushed." "They were mother superiors." "Jacinto and his two friends were seminarians, and there were also two students and an Indonesian journalist sent by the Japanese press." "On their way back from Los Palos to Baucau, they were attacked by the militia on the road and brutally killed." "It was another great shock for everyone, especially because of the level of violence once again used by the militia in this cruel massacre:" "hatchet-blows, stabs, and bodies thrown into the river." "September 25, 2000, one year later." "the family of Jacinto Francisco Xavier, one of the three seminarians killed with the nuns in the massacre by the road, gathers the entire clan in a touching celebration that lasts all day and all night long." "JACINTO XAVIER'S FATHER" "JACINTO XAVIER'S MOTHER" "A mass, a procession to the cemetery, a ritual." "A mix of Catholicism and something very primitive that reminds us of the professional mourners of Greek tragedies." "The catharsis, the 'de-mourning' period, and then the feast." "Once again, joy, one more proof of the strength of the Timorese people." "However, the Timorese people are not free from the militia nightmares nor from the refugees' nightmares." "It is estimated that 110,000 people are refugees in West Timor." "Families are divided, parents in one place, children in another;" "couples are separated." "It's a social tragedy." "The militia were still operating on the western part of the island, terrifying the population of refugees on the other side of the border." "AII that culminated in that awful, tragic incident, and the death of three of our colleagues in the city of Atambua." "This area of Nunura is close to MaIiana, where many incidents with the militia took place." "In the rear-guard, 500m ahead, is the Indonesian border." "They came in along the south, the South Coast, because of the forest density, that camouflages them." "And they also have families in Suai," "Ainaro, Sami." "That support them." "So they came in along the coast, first infiltrating into Suai and then ZumaIai." "ZumaIai, right here." "Yes." "Then they moved into Ainaro and then into alas." "And the refugees went to the other side, not because they wanted to, because they were forced to." "Many of them want to come back, but are afraid." "Whether they are refugees, or autonomists, I think they should come back, because who lost the most in this 24-year war?" "The Indonesians!" "The refugees that come back, we ask the churchgoers, and the population here to welcome them, and treat them well." "And when they see a refugee that committed a crime," "let the court take care of them." "But we hope that people do not take justice into their own hands, and do not make their own courts." "You son-of-a-bitch, you deserve to die!" "What the Timorese people considered to be a deplorable, foreign occupation finally ended." "This is reason to celebrate." "But, naturally, we cannot celebrate too much, we must think of the future, and the future we build with our own hands, it doesn't fall from the sky." "Humiliation, discomfort, insecurity, uncertainty, poverty, suffering, instability." "This is the present of the Timorese people." "What about the future" "Will the Timorese, with all their idealism, meet all those challenges" "These are questions that can't be avoided, and that only time can answer." "To resist is to triumph." "Fatherland or death." "The fight goes on!" "Independence wasn't a dream," "Independence was a goal." "The dreams were for after independence." "If God takes me up there, from up above I'II see the flowers, a happy people, a healthy people, a people that will say it was worth it to have suffered for independence, to have fought for independence." "On May 20, 2002, Timor Leste finally became an independent nation." "With a flag, a national anthem, and the presence of delegations from over 90 nations." "Xanana Gusmão was inaugurated President of the republic of the first nation to earn its freedom in the Third millennium." "Among the distinguished statesmen present from all over the world were bill clinton, Ms. Magawati Sukarno Putri the President of Indonesia, and, of course, Kofi Annan, the UN Secretary general." "A new history for Timor Leste began from that day forward." "congratulations, Timor Liberated" "DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF GOVERNOR MÁRIO COVAS," "WITHOUT WHOM THIS FILM WOULD NOT EXIST." "I DEDICATE THIS TO MY MOTHER, MARIA," "WHO PASSED AWAY DURING THE FINAL STAGES OF THE FILM."