Today’s movie is a biographical film with a scene that
happens on February 11. Watch it tonight and enjoy.
MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM
Nelson Mandela becomes a
barrister in apartheid era South Africa and gradually drifts into supporting
armed revolution against the White dominated government. He is arrested, tried,
convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment on Robben Island.
However, as violent protest and international condemnation of the government’s
repressive policies build up pressure on South Africa, the government finally
dedcides to negogiate with the African National Congress and started talks with
it’s leader, Mandela. On February 11, 1990 [1:50:52 – 1:55:47] he is released
from prison. Mandela goes to to be elected the president of South Afica in the
first election with universal sufferage and pursues a policy of racial
reconciliation.
Date given in film at 1:50:56
Director - Justin
Chadwick
Producers - David M. Thompson and Anant Singh
Screenplay - William Nicholson
Awards – Nominated for the Best Original Song Oscar at the
86th Academy Awards
Released – September 7, 2013
Runtime – 2 hours 26 minutes
Starring –
Idris Elba as Nelson Mandela
Naomie Harris as Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
Tony Kgoroge as Walter Sisulu
Riaad Moosa as Ahmed Kathrada
Zolani Mkiva as Raymond Mhlaba
Fana Mokoena as Govan Mbeki
Thapelo Mokoena as Elias Motsoaledi
Jamie Bartlett as James Gregory
Deon Lotz as Kobie Coetsee
Terry Pheto as Evelyn Mase
Sello Maake as
Albert Lutuli
Gys de Villiers as F. W. de Klerk
Carl Beukes as Niel Barnard
Copyright by Ivan Walters in 2015
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