Stealing a Nation

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{{Infobox television

| image = StealingaNation.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Title card

| director = John Pilger
Christopher Martin
Sean Crotty

| producer = Christopher Martin
Polly Bide

| writer = John Pilger

| narrator =

| starring = John Pilger
James R. Schlesinger
Cassam Uteem
Bill Rammell
Mark Curtis
Louis Olivier Bancoult

| music = Nicholas Russell-Pavier

| cinematography = Preston Clothier

| editor = Joe Frost

| company = Carlton Television

| released = {{Start date|2004}}

| runtime = 56 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English
Chagossian Creole
Mauritian Creole

| budget =

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Stealing a Nation is a 2004 Granada Television documentary about the British–American clandestine operation that saw the expulsion of the Chagossian population who have lived on Diego Garcia and neighbouring islands since the late 18th century. More than 2,000 people were forcefully relocated to Mauritius between 1967 and 1973, so that Diego Garcia could become a United States military airbase. The film contains a series of interviews with Chagossians, who have been deprived of their right of return and forced to live in abject poverty. Stealing a Nation was written and directed by Australian journalist John Pilger, and produced and directed by Christopher Martin; reconstruction footage was directed by Sean Crotty.{{cite web |title=Stealing a Nation |first= |last= |url=http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/stealh.html |work=Bullfrog Films |date= |access-date=11 June 2010 }}{{cite web |title=Stealing a Nation |first= |last= |url=http://johnpilger.com/videos/stealing-a-nation |work=johnpilger.com |date= |access-date=30 March 2015 }}