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Dec 31, 20 its so degrading, says noongar elder noel nannup in john pilger s latest film about indigenous disadvantage in australia. His documentaries have looked at the rebellions within the us army during the vietnam war, at the atrocities committed by the pol pot regime in cambodia and how the us bombing of the country enabled this, as well as films on the devastating impact of us wars and interventions across the world, as well as that. John pilger on the dirty war on the nhs bfi youtube. The coming war on china the new john pilger documentary. The coming war on china is john pilger s most recent film his 60th documentary and arguably his most prescient.