Category : Press
“What has made the documentary work well is that it shows another way of brokering peace. And it shows that, at the end of the day, what happens on an official level is not always what is going on behind the scenes,” says Jean-Yves Ollivier. “Many hope that the work of ‘Monsieur Jacques’ will serve ...
Read More >>
Category : Press
In its annual predictions, Variety has picked Plot For Peace as one of the 134 qualifying documentary features that they believe is a contender for the upcoming Academy Awards. Click on the link or image to see the online version of the Variety story ...
Read More >>
Category : Press
A Wheeler-Dealer Turned Broker for Racial Justice ‘Plot for Peace,’ About a Frenchman in South Africa By DANIEL M. GOLD OCT. 30, 2014 A fascinating account of off-the-books diplomacy in the 1980s, “Plot for Peace” is that rare documentary that both augments the historical record and is paced like a thriller. Directed by Carlos Agulló and Mandy Jacobson ...
Read More >>
Category : Press
“The documentary “Plot for Peace” reveals Jean-Yves Ollivier as an unsung hero who helped to engineer the demise of South African apartheid… Plot for Peace” directors Carlos Agulló and Mandy Jacobson appropriately fashion the international intrigue into a John le Carré-style thriller, cleverly devising a motif of Ollivier playing a game of solitaire as he ...
Read More >>
Category : Press
” A character straight out of a political thriller, Jean-Yves Ollivier is nevertheless real, and he played an important, if little-known, role in the history of modern Africa. The quiet machinations of this Frenchman and commodities trader helped win the release of Nelson Mandela from prison and bring an end to South Africa’s apartheid system… ...
Read More >>