Drama · History
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
It is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.
A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.
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Idris Elba
Nelson Mandela
Naomie Harris
Winnie Madikizela
Tony Kgoroge
Walter Sisulu
Riaad Moosa
Ahmed Kathrada
Fana Mokoena
Govan Mbeki
Robert Hobbs
Chief Warder
Jamie Bartlett
James Gregory
Lindiwe Matshikiza
Zindzi Mandela
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Film Afrika
Distant Horizon
Origin Pictures
Pathé
The Weinstein CompanyReviews
DanDare
8/102/24/2017
Mandela: Long walk to Freedom is a straightforward biography which condenses Nelson Mandela's life without too many metaphors which pervades biopics these days. However at times too much of Mandela's life seems to be rushed through and other associates in the ANC's struggle to end apartheid are sidelined or entirely absent. We first see Mandela as the young ambitious lawyer and a ladies man as well. Pretty soon he is married with children and involved heavily with the African National Congress. He divorces his first wife and then we switch to Mandela in his 40s when he meets Winnie who he married. Mandela is then arrested for terrorism and imprisoned in Robben island. It is only during imprisonment we see the divergence in Nelson and and Winnie's life. Because of her mistreatmen
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