The Diplomat (2000)

Director: Tom Zubrycki

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.

Cast

Ali Alatas

Self (archive footage)

Bill Clinton

Self (archive footage)

Xanana Gusmão

Self

Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibe

Self (archive footage)

Kofi Annan

Self (archive footage)