Discover in this documentary one of the most fascinating and little-known chapters in Mexican history

AN ISLAND THE WORLD FORGOT
Once there was a French island where no Frenchman ever lived…

An island where Mexicans were born and died…

An island claimed by Napoleon III, where Porfirio Diaz built a lighthouse and Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered an invasion…

A place where a lighthouse keeper proclaimed himself the King of Clipperton, and where a dispute between Mexico and France took twenty-two years to be settled.

This film examines the origins of the dispute and traces the steps by which Mexico lost possession of this forgotten island.

Narrated by James Cissell
Writer and Director: Robert Amram
Producer: Manuel Arango
© 2003 Concord PR, S.A. de C.V. / Alti Corporation
Running Time: 52 minutes

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