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SCREENINGS AT TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL 2015

Public Screenings World Premiere Screening & Tribeca Talks program Thursday, April 23 at 6:30 PM at SVA Theater 1 (School of Visual Arts) After the movie: Stay for a conversation with director David Holbrooke, producer Stacey Reiss, New York Times columnist Roger Cohen, Ronan Farrow, Special Advisor to Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, 2009-2011. Panel Discussion moderated by Katie Couric, Global News Anchor, Yahoo! News.

Saturday, April 25 at 6:00 PM at Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea (Theater 7) Followed by filmmaker Q&A

Sunday, April 26 at 3:00 PM at Regal Battery Park Stadium 11 (Theater 6) Followed by filmmaker Q&A

Press & Industry Screenings Friday, April 24 at 9:15 AM at Regal Battery Park Stadium 11 (Theater 5) Saturday, April 25 at 9:15 AM at Regal Battery Park Stadium 11 (Theater 5)

HBO DEBUT: FALL 2015

HBO will air THE DIPLOMAT this fall in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Dayton Peace Accords, which ended the war in Bosnia and was one of Richard Holbrooke’s greatest foreign policy achievements.

The Diplomat is not only a telling and forceful reminder of the singular political achievements of a complicated man, once dubbed the diplomatic hope of a generation, but also a unique and moving story of a son’s love for – and personal coming-to-terms with – an all-too-imperfect father whose work and exceptional career achievements more often than not took precedence over his family. —Tim Sika, SFFS.org

SYNOPSIS

With the insightful and revealing documentary The Diplomat, David Holbrooke attempts the seemingly insurmountable: capturing the legacy of his larger-than- life father, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, while traveling across the globe to reveal an inside view of U.S. foreign policy. Holbrooke’s career spanned fifty years of American foreign policy. The documentary takes us behind the scenes of high stakes diplomacy where peace is waged and wars are ended, including in Vietnam, Bosnia, Kosovo and Afghanistan.

Interviewing an impressive array of world leaders (including the sitting presidents of Afghanistan and Bosnia), David grapples with Holbrooke’s public versus private personas, creating a sensitive portrait of fatherhood, ambition and the force required to affect change throughout the world. An HBO Documentary Film.

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The Diplomat features interviews with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State John Kerry, former Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright and Henry Kissinger, President Bill Clinton, Vice President Al Gore, UN Ambassador Samantha Power, Diane Sawyer, General David Petreaus and many more.

Interviews with General Wesley Clark and journalist Roger Cohen were filmed on location in Bosnia, while Dexter Filkins traveled with the production to Afghanistan.

INTERVIEWS

UNITED STATES

Secretary Madeleine Albright, Christiane Amanpour, Rina Amiri, President Bill Clinton, Secretary Hillary Clinton, Tom Donilon, Ronan Farrow, Dan Feldman, Les Gelb, Vice President Al Gore, Ambassador Chris Hill, Ambassador Husain Haqqani, Andrew Holbrooke, Anthony Holbrooke, Litty Holbrooke, Jim Johnson, Stan Karnow, Secretary John Kerry, Secretary Henry Kissinger, Joe Klein, Kati Marton, Vali Nasr, George Packer, General David Petraeus, Ambassador Samantha Power, David Rohde, Barnett Rubin, Diane Sawyer, Strobe Talbott, Ambassador Frank Wisner, Bob Woodward

BOSNIA & KOSOVO & CROATIA

General Wesley Clark, Roger Cohen, Mate Granic, President Bakir Izetbegovic, Mayor Agron Kuci, President Haris Silajdzic

AFGHANISTAN

Nancy Hatch Dupree, Dexter Filkins, President Ashraf Ghani

VIETNAM

Vlad Lehovich

EUROPE

Secretary General Kofi Annan, General Douglas Lute, Ernesto Moos, George Packer

ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS

David Holbrooke (Director) is a filmmaker and Festival Director of Mountainfilm in Telluride, CO since 2008. 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,” featuring acclaimed nature photographer James Balog. All are part of an ongoing series he created called “Original Thinkers.” Other notable projects include “The Soul of Healing with Deepak Chopra” and co-producing “The Trials of Henry Kissinger.” Before he became a filmmaker, David spent a year in the dotcom world and previously, worked extensively in television news, producing long-form pieces for “The Today Show,” CBS News and CNN. David has been a contributing editor at GQ and written for the Huffington Post. His production company, Giraffe Partners, is developing narrative features and several documentaries. He lives in Telluride, Col. with his wife and three kids.

Stacey Reiss (Producer) is an Emmy Award®-winning filmmaker who has written, directed and produced documentaries and long form programs for HBO, NBC, WNET, CNBC, National Geographic and The Weather Channel. Her current documentaries include “The Diplomat” and “It's Me, Hilary: The Man Who Drew Eloise,” which both air on HBO in 2015. She produced “I Knew It Was You,” about the late actor John Cazale (“Fredo" in the Godfather movies), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and aired on HBO in 2010 and “Joachim Prinz: I Shall Not Be Silent,” about the Jewish leader who helped organize the March on Washington. Stacey writes, directs and produces for the documentary series Treasures of New York on WNET (PBS in New York). For more than a decade at Dateline NBC, Stacey produced award-winning documentaries, breaking news reports and network specials. Credits include “The Last Days of Jesus,” “Vision Quest” (Front Page award, Best Documentary) and “The Long Road Home” (Emmy® nominee). She also produces documentary style campaigns for corporate clients, which have included KKR, Comcast, the Reebok Foundation and Diageo. Stacey holds a journalism degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and was a Harvard Medical School Journalism Fellow. Her Brooklyn based company, Stacey Reiss Productions, specializes in producing non-fiction content.

CREDITS

Writer and Director: David Holbrooke

Producer: Stacey Reiss

Editor: Seth Bomse

In Memory: Richard C. Holbrooke

For HBO Executive Producer: Sheila Nevins

For HBO Senior Producer: Nancy Abraham

Executive Producer: Scott Berrie

Executive Producer: Tom Freston

Executive Producer: Barbara and Andrew Gundlach

Executive Producer: Marshall Sonenshine

Executive Producer: Louis Venezia

Original Score: Graham Reynolds

Co-Producers: Sarah Holbrooke, Emily McAllister

Archival Producer: Jane Tucker

Associate Producers: Julian Feller-Cohen, Amani Vance

HBO Documentary Films Giraffe Partners Stacey Reiss Productions

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MUSIC “Let's Win!” Written by Alexander Ebert Performed by Edward Sharpe Published by BMG Monarch and Caravan Touchdown Courtesy of Vagrant Records, All Rights Administered by BMG Chrysalis

“Man on Fire” Written by Alexander Ebert Performed by Edward Sharpe Published by BMG Monarch and Caravan Touchdown Courtesy of Vagrant Records, All Rights Administered by BMG Chrysalis

“Let's Get High” Written by Alexander Ebert Performed by Edward Sharpe Published by BMG Monarch and Caravan Touchdown Courtesy of Vagrant Records, All Rights Administered by BMG Chrysalis

“On the Road Again” Written by Willie Nelson Courtesy of Universal Music Enterprises

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