Plot for Peace is a revelation: a gripping documentary about a French grain and oil trader, Jean-Yves Ollivier, who became the invisible negotiator in the fight to end apartheid in South ...
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This documentary prises out French (but Algerian-born) businessman Jean-Yves Ollivier into the light and reveals the remarkable role he played in the end of ...
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The film skilfully uses news documentary footage to illustrate the story being told and events unfolding along the timeline, to really capture the imagination of the atmosphere and tension of the time, like any good thriller would. ...
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Fascinating interviews and original footage make for gripping viewing ...
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Using patience, perseverance – mainly at his own expense – this extraordinary man worked alone for years keeping focus on the pieces whilst never losing sight of the big picture, liaising and bringing together viciously-feuding parties to save lives and create a better world and thanks to this incredible documentary the world can finally learn ...
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Plot For Peace is intriguing on the gulf between public and private versions of history ...
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The great Nelson Mandela once said: “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” So it is fitting that the man who helped mastermind the inspirational leader’s release from prison had a message for the next generation. ...
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Director of award-winning documentary Plot for Peace, Carlos Agulló, spoke exclusively to reporter Sam Tonkin after Sunday’s landmark showing at Saffron Screen. ...
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Directed by Spanish director Carlos Agulló (The Sea Inside) and Johannesburg filmmaker Mandy Jacobson, the award-winning head of Indelible Media, a production company dedicated to taking African cinema and television to the international marketplace, Plot for Peace is a whole new take on the heritage of central and southern Africa. ...
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PLOT FOR PEACE is a political thriller about a man who, at a crucial point in his life, opts to change the course of history of his own accord. It tells the story of French national Jean-Yves Ollivier, known as “Monsieur Jacques”, whose behind-the-scenes bargaining was instrumental in bringing about regional peace and heralding the ...
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