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Punitive Damage

Film, 1999

 Punitive Damage

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 Synopsis

After her son, Kamal Bamadhaj, a New Zealand Malaysian student of history and Indonesian politics, was shot dead in the Dili massacre in East Timor in 1991, New Zealander Helen Todd decided to pursue a law suit against the Indonesian general she believed was responsible. Her personal and political campaign for justice would eventually span five continents and four years. The documentary from Director Annie Goldson won awards and screened internationally.

 Background

A Perspective Costa Botes 03.10.2008

Punitive Damage documents the course of Helen Todd's fight for justice, from the shock of hearing her son Kamal's fate at the hands of the Indonesian military to her hard-won moral victory in a court of human rights. Bamadhaj was ...

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 Credits  (5)

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 Leon Narbey

 Where to buy

Available to purchase from the Filmshop.