Plot for Peace (2013)

Directed by

Mandy Jacobson, Carlos Agulló

Genre

documentary film

Country

South Africa

Runtime

1h 24m

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

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How it feels

This documentary follows Jean-Yves Ollivier, a French businessman who secretly worked as a go-between in Cold War-era Africa. It examines his role in negotiating prisoner exchanges and the withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola, leading up to Nelson Mandela's release.

informativetensepoliticalrevelatoryhistoricalslow-paceddiplomaticcerebral

What happens

Plot For Peace is a 2013 South African documentary directed by Carlos Agulló and Mandy Jacobson. The film tells the story of Algerian-born French businessman Jean-Yves Ollivier's involvement in Cold War-era African parallel diplomacy, the signing of the 1988 Brazzaville Protocol and discussions surrounding the eventual release of Nelson Mandela. Using archive footage from apartheid-era South Africa alongside interviews from Winnie Mandela, Thabo Mbeki, Denis Sassou-Nguesso and Mathews Phosa, Ollivier (previously unknown and referred to as 'Monsieur Jacques') is revealed as a key architect of the withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola and a 1987 prisoner-exchange programme involving six African nations. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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