The Diplomat (2000)
52m
Running Time
August 17, 2000Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

Ali Alatas
Self (archive footage)

Bill Clinton
Self (archive footage)

Xanana Gusmão
Self

Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibe
Self (archive footage)

Kofi Annan
Self (archive footage)

Tom Zubrycki
Director

Geoff Barter
Writer

Wilson da Silva
Writer

Sally Browning
Producer

Jan Preston
Composer

Robert Humphreys
Cinematographer

Jo Parker
Cinematographer

Ray Thomas
Editor
Details.
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Wiki.
The Diplomat is a 2000 Australian documentary film, directed by Tom Zubrycki, following East Timorese independence leader Jose Ramos Horta.