The Bargain Nexus - Mandela

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Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 0026359882739
Format: Color
Label: HBO Video
Manufacturer: HBO Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publication Date: 1987
Publisher: HBO Video
Running Time: 135
Studio: HBO Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1987

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Described as a "biographical drama," the made-for-TV Mandela is the story of South African human-rights advocate Nelson Mandela, who at the time this film was made was in the 25th year of a prison sentence. Covering the years 1948 to 1987, the film traces Mandela's (Danny Glover) matriculation from young lawyer to fervent anti-Apartheid political activist. At first a proponent of nonviolence, Mandela is radicalized after the Sharpeville massacre of 1960. Thrown in jail by the white-dominated government in 1962, Mandela passes the cudgel to his wife Winnie (Alfre Woodard), who perseveres despite constant persecution from the powers-that-be. Understandably concentrating on Mandela's private life, the film is somewhat wanting in terms of personal glimpses, but this is a forgivable creative lapse. Likewise excusable is the partisan nature of Ronald Harwood's teleplay. Filmed on location in Zimbabwe, Mandela originally aired September 20, 1987 over the HBO Cable service.