Black Beach: Simon Mann's African Coup (2009)

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UK/USA/Netherlands

Short Television Documentary

Director/Narrator: Christopher Olgiati

Cinematographers: Jeremy Pollard, Andrew James, Elliot Klayman

Featuring: Simon Mann, Ken Silverstein, Ed Soyster, Frank Ruddy, Johann Smith, John Bennett, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Manfred Nowak, Severo Moto, Crause Steyl, Renier Hugo, Victir Dracula, Candi Caumbo

Christopher Olgiati presents a fascinating if (necessarily) one-sided account of the failed coup that was attempted in the newly oil rich country of Equatorial Guinea in 2004 to remove the apparently tyrannical president Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, featuring interviews with the surprisingly charismatic mercenary Simon Mann, who planned the coup, as well as various other interested parties from across the globe, ranging from presidents to soldiers-for-hire. Iain.Stott