Have completed script with Jorg Tittel on the extraordinary Chagos Islanders story.
In the late 1960′s the Indian Ocean paradise which is the Chagos archipelago was ‘leased’ by the British Government to the USA so that the US forces could build a convenient military base for re-fuelling on their way to bomb in the Middle East.
The casualties (quite apart from those in the Middle East!) were the indigenous Chagos island population who were lured, bribed and, ultimately, forced to vacate their homes. Most of them ended up dumped in Mauritius. 
But, despite, our anger at the islanders treatment, this is not a campaigning documentary.
This film tells the beautiful and innocent story of two island children as they respond, in their own very special way, to having their childhood wrenched from them and being ousted from their homes.
