Forgotten Bird of Paradise – Undercover West Papua Documentary

Bird of Paradise is a 2009 documentary film directed by British filmmaker Dominic Brown, about the struggle for independence being fought in the Indonesian region of West Papua. The film was shot undercover, and includes interviews with human rights victims and political prisoners, as well as footage of rebels at their jungle stronghold.

Brown traveled and filmed in West Papua without the permission of the Indonesian authorities, putting himself at risk of both legal and physical danger. Brown has stated that the situation was “like apartheid”, and likened the transmigration program and anti-secession policies to “genocide.”