A documentary titled Plot for Peace has revealed a new broker in the historic Brazzaville Accord, writes Peter Fabricius. http://www.iol.co.za/pretoria-news/opinion/tv-series-turns-historic-accord-upside-down-1.1652041#.Uw36Gl4fZNy ...
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The war in Angola was disrupting Jean-Yves Ollivier’s life, so he took steps to put an end to it ...
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The little-known Brazzaville Protocol helped hasten the fall of apartheid ...
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President Jacob Zuma has thanked African countries for their unreserved and unconditional support for the struggle that brought the apartheid regime to an end. ...
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The name Jean-Yves Ollivier rings few bells for most South Africans. Yet this unobtrusive, enigmatic and controversial Frenchman is the only person who has been decorated by both the National Party and ANC governments and was a key player in a remarkable prisoner ...
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Working in the shadows between the Marxist and apartheid regimes of Angola and South Africa, businessman Jean-Yves Ollivier helped broker changes that shook a nation. ...
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Lakshmi wins narrative audience award; Gore Vidal: The United States Of Amnesia earns doc honours. ...
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The Palm Springs International Film Festival has stepped it up this 25th anniversary year and Festival Director Darryl Macdonald — never one to encourage comparisons with other festivals — says it’s now ready to take its place among the world’s great film fests. ...
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The Palm Springs International Film Festival celebrated its closing night at Palm Springs High School with a screening of the British film, “Le Week-End,” by director Roger Michell. http://www.mydesert.com/article/20140112/LIFESTYLES010201/301120019/palm-springs-international-film-festival-le-week-end-movie ...
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The Palm Springs Film Festival announced its juried awards winners Saturday, with the audience award to be announced Sunday.The FIPRESCI critics’ prize went to Belgium’s “The Broken Circle Breakdown,” while the FIPRESCI actor prize went to Mads Mikkelsen from Thomas Vinterberg’s “The Hunt.” ...
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