Heading to cinemas on the 14th March is the superb documentary PLOT FOR PEACE, and in the days leading up to release the film’s distributors are putting on some special Q+A’s this week, up and down the country. More on that in a second. First, here’s a little more about the movie.
Plot For Peace is a documentary thriller that tells an untold story behind the secret events leading up to the end of apartheid and ultimately the release of Nelson Mandela.
To some, such as South Africa’s former President Thabo Mbeki, Jean-Yves Ollivier (alias “Monsieur Jacques”) was a mysterious businessman and sanctions buster or a French spy. For others, such as Winnie Mandela and Mozambique’s former President Joaquim Chissano, he was a trusted friend and a man of bold vision.
For the first time, heads of state, generals, diplomats, master spiesand anti-apartheid fighters reveal how “Monsieur Jacques” positioned himself to be the improbable key to Mandela’s prison cell. Stepping out of the shadows, “Monsieur Jacques” navigates the behind-the-scenes bargaining and intrigue that he engineered to bring about regional peace and the end of racial discrimination in South Africa.
“I shake the hand I cannot sever”, says Jean-Yves Ollivier. He was the first man in history to be given South Africa’s highest honour “Grand Officer In The Cape Of Good Hope” by both the leader of the apartheid regime President P.W. Botha, as well as Nelson Mandela, the first democratically elected President of the new South Africa.
We have information as to where you can catch the Q+A sessions with various people involved in the production, including Jean-Yves Ollivier and Carlos Agullo below, but you can also get more information on the film’s official website here. We’ve also posted the trailer below.
10 March – Riverside Studios 8.00pm
Q&A screening with Jean-Yves Ollivier, Carlos Agullo, Mandy Jacobson and executive producer Ivor Ichikowitz
11 March – Institut Francais 6.30pm
Q&A screening with Jean-Yves Ollivier, Carlos Agullo, Mandy Jacobson and executive producer Ivor Ichikowitz. Followed by a drinks reception
12 March – Filmhouse Edinburgh 6.00pm
Q&A screening with Jean-Yves Ollivier and Carlos Agullo
13 March – Queens Film Theatre 1.00pm
Q&A screening with Jean-Yves Ollivier and Carlos Agullo
13 March – Irish Film Institute 6.30pm
Q&A screening with Jean-Yves Ollivier and Carlos Agullo
PLOT FOR PEACE opens in selected cinemas in the UK on 14th March, 2014.
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