Movie

The Diplomat (2000)

• August 17, 2000
• 52m

• Documentary

Overview

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

Starring

Ali Alatas, Bill Clinton, Xanana Gusmão