Plot For Peace Review

Plot For Peace
How did the end of the Apartheid era not end up in a bloodbath on the streets of South Africa? This is the thorny question at the heart of a documentary that explores the hitherto unheralded contribution of Jean-Yves Ollivier, a Frenchman with background in trade and a rare gift for diplomacy.

by Simon Crook |
Published on
Release Date:

14 Mar 2014

Running Time:

84 minutes

Certificate:

12A

Original Title:

Plot For Peace

Or how a chubby French cereal trader ended apartheid. Playing diplomatic poker with warlords and presidents, Jean-Yves Ollivier’s doc of South Africa’s downfall is a riveting if dense secret history, brought to life by talking heads, savage news footage and political-thriller pacing.

An engrossing slice of modern history.
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