We watch:
- Idris Elba ("Luther") as Nelson Mandela, a cunning lawyer, a cautious revolutionary and a crafty prisoner. He was arrested for his ANC activities, for which he was given the death sentence, commuted to life. He served 27 years in two different prisons during which his wife Winnie and the ANC launched an effective, international "Free Mandela" campaign, augmented by trade embargoes and other pressures brought to bear on the apartheid government of South Africa.
- Naomie Harris ("Skyfall") is Winnie Mandela, his second wife; mother of his two daughters; an intelligent and proactive partici- pant in his life. After being imprisoned, she became a dedicated terrorist who vilified her white oppressors. Her rabid activism became a liability to him later in life.
This movie had the mixed blessing of being released 20 days after Mandela's death at age 95, so there was more than uncommon interest in his life.
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See what you think:
http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi16230681/
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See what you think:
http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi16230681/
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