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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- Released
- Production
- Emerald Films, Film Australia
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- biography
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Top Cast
Ali Alatas as Self (archive footage)
Bill Clinton as Self (archive footage)
Xanana Gusmão as Self
Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibe as Self (archive footage)
Kofi Annan as Self (archive footage)
Top Crew
Tom Zubrycki · Director
Geoff Barter · Writer
Wilson da Silva · Writer
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