Photo courtesy of Kristian Laemmle-Ruff
TWILIGHT TIME
DESMOND BALL - THE MAN WHO SAVED THE WORLD
Nominated 'Best Documentary Broadcast and Exhibition', Australian Writers Guild, 2025
Twilight Time looks at the life and work of Desmond Ball, (1947-2016), a barefooted academic from ‘down under’ who was hailed by Jimmy Carter as “the man who saved the world”, as he proved the fallacy of the doctrine of limited nuclear war. His study of Pine Gap - the world’s largest spy base outside of the US, right in Australia’s red heart – infuriated Australia’s defence establishment. Des gazed at spy bases around the world and worked out what they did and why. An important though under-acknowledged Australian, Des Ball died in October 2016.
He is remembered as the 'Insurgent Intellectual'.
Photo courtesy of Felicity Ruby
The Crew
Writer & Director - John Hughes
Producers - Philippa Campey & John Hughes
Editor - Uri Mizrahi
Sound Design - Erin McKimm & Andrew McGrath
Original Music - Brett Aplin
Developed and Produced with the Assistance of Vic Screen
Desmond Ball (1947-2016) was hailed by Jimmy Carter as “the man who saved the world” as he established the fallacy of ‘limited’ nuclear war. His study of Pine Gap – in the heart of Australia’s central desert – infuriated Australia’s defence establishment. Des Ball made a difference; his insights are more urgent every day.
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Pine Gap surveillance base is of great concern to Australians at the moment because of its reported use by the NSA to provide assistance to the Israel Defense Forces in the locating of chosen targets in Palestine and the Middle East
Here is an article from Journalist, Peter Cronau’s Declassified Australia discussing this disturbing revelation: (click the logo)
Richard Tanter (Professor in the School of Political and Social Studies at the University of Melbourne) confirms it is a capability of the base and is the base’s role.
“"Pine Gap satellite surveillance base provides targeting information that is used by the US and its allies in battlefields around the world." – Peter Cronau, DECLASSIFIED AUSTRALIA
