The Diplomat

The Diplomat (2015)

The life and legacy of Richard Holbrooke.

The life and legacy of Richard Holbrooke, whose singular career spans fifty years of American foreign policy, is told in this documentary from Holbrooke's eldest son David.

Date of release
2015-04-23
TMDB
6.6 / 10 (9)
Runtime
1h 44m
Genres
Documentary
Director
David Holbrooke

Casting

Interesting facts

The Diplomat is a biographical documentary film released in 2015 about former U.S. Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, whose five-decade career began as a Foreign Service Officer in Vietnam during the war. At the time of his death in December 2010, he was the Obama administration's special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. The documentary's perspective is from Holbrooke's son, David, who directed the film.

Production

The film attempts to trace the diplomatic career of Holbrooke by visiting the places that shaped his career in government. Location shoots include Vietnam, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Croatia, and Afghanistan.

The film was directed by David Holbrooke. His last film, Hard as Nails, aired on HBO in December 2007. Other documentaries include Freaks Like Me, Time for a New God and A Redwood Grows in Brooklyn. All are part of an ongoing series he created called "Original Thinkers."

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