Suggesting that the fall of apartheid and the release of Nelson Mandela can be tracked back to a sole commodities trader in France, Plot for Peace introduces viewers to a timeline of secret meetings and diplomacy so finely balanced one can hardly believe it all worked. The tale is surprising, and directors Carlos Aguilo and Mandy Jacobson blaze right through it – recounting ins and outs across an entire continent in ways that will challenge most viewers in the West. Mandela’s marquee value is the doc’s biggest selling point, but he’s not really a part of the story; though its value for history students is clear, commercial appeal isn’t.
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