The Diplomat

2000Directed by Tom Zubrycki

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Released: August 17, 2000
Runtime: 52m

About The Diplomat

Documentary

Synopsis

For 24 years East Timor's freedom fighter and Nobel Peace Prize winner José Ramos Horta campaigned to secure independence for his country, a Portuguese colony invaded by Indonesia in 1975. The Diplomat takes up Ramos Horta's story in the final dramatic stages of his long journey - the fall of Indonesia's President Suharto, the referendum to determine East Timor's future, the overwhelming vote for independence, the devastating carnage that ensued, the intervention of United Nations peacekeepers, and Ramos Horta's final triumphant return to his homeland.

Director: Tom Zubrycki
Writers: Geoff Barter
Wilson da Silva

Principal cast

In billing order

Ali AlatasSelf (archive footage)
Bill ClintonSelf (archive footage)
Xanana GusmãoSelf
Bacharuddin Jusuf HabibeSelf (archive footage)
Kofi AnnanSelf (archive footage)

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