The Negotiator
Jan McCullough
Synopsis
In a world riven with conflict what is needed to turn war into peace? How can all parties to a war become all parties to a peace? Experience shows it’s the presence of a critical individual in whom all sides can have confidence to chair talks and create the space for an agreement to emerge. In Northern Ireland, one of the few examples of a long-lasting negotiated peace settlement, that critical person was former US Senate Majority Leader, Senator George J Mitchell.
First sent across the Atlantic in 1995 by President Clinton, the Maine native brought patience and persistence to the task which finally saw the historic, all-party peace talks conclude on Good Friday 1998.
In this new feature documentary from Fine Point Films, Belfast director Trevor Birney explores Mitchell’s work as a negotiator in the lead-up to the Good Friday Agreement.
Details
- Year
- 2024
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 92 min
- Director
- Trevor Birney
- Producer
- Andrew Tully, Stephen Duds
- Editor
- Andy Tohill
Genre
Production status
Post-production
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Last updated 9th September 2024
