Islands on the Edge of Time (1996)

From 1982 to 1996 awardwinning filmmakers Mary Beth Brangan James Heddle documented on film and video unfolding events in the fledgling island nation of Palau When Palaus voters made it the first nation in history to adopt a nuclear free green constitution Washingtons war planners saw it as the threat of a good example Palau became the poster child for the growing Nuclear Free Pacific movement and a cause celebre for the global nuclear free zone movement The 10yearlong manipulation of the electoral process the US then unleashed to force the rollback of Palaus nuclear ban became a text book case for subversion of the democratic process in developing countriesand at home Their experiences covering this story made the filmmakers lifelong advocates of election integrity