Mandela
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Joe Menell
Mabel Mandela
Mandla Mandela
Walter Sisulu
Anthony Sampson
Je Matthews
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
This epic film goes beyond the milestone events that have characterized the life of Nelson Mandela, the charismatic leader who, after an interminable 27-year imprisonment, won the Nobel Peace Prize and the Presidency of his country. "Mandela" is a candid, definitive portrait of a modern-day hero. Set to the ebullient music of the struggle for freedom and guided by Mandela's own voice, the film traces his life from his childhood in the Xhosa tribe through the solitude and sacrifices of his early activism, revolutionary leadership and political imprisonment, to his ultimate victory as leader of a new racially united South Africa.
Cast
Mabel Mandela
Mandla Mandela
Walter Sisulu
Anthony Sampson
Je Matthews
Nthatho Motlana
Evelyn Mandela
George Bizos
Godfrey Pitje
Fatima Meer
Wolfie Kodesh
Ahmed Kathrada
Albertina Sisulu
Govan Mbeki
Eddie Daniels
Sonny Yenkatrathnam
Neville Alexander
Barbara Masekela
Jessie Duarte
Desmond Tutu
Nelson Mandela
Patrick Shai
Nomzamo Winnie Mandela
Nelson Mandela
Crew
Keira Alexandra
Dewald Aukema
Dewald Aukema
Prospero Bailey
Tony Bensusan
Russ Bigsby
Chris Blackwell
Keith Culbertson
Mona Davis
Jonathan Demme
Tuli Ditsogi
Joe Dohner
Robert Fernandez
Dave Flynch
Amina Frense
Dan Genetti
Cedric Gradus-samson
Themba Hlatshwayo
David Jammy
Andy Keir
Hugh Masekela
Mtutuzeli Matshoba
Craig Mckay
Jo Menell
Joe Menell
Jonathan Miller
Meshack Mokoena
Jonathan Porath
Marc Radomsky
Siphiwo Ralo
Michele Rowe
Peter Saraf
Edward Saxon
Rich Siciliano
Richard Stengel
Peter Tischauser
Peter Tischhauser
Magdaline Volaitis
Edwin Wes
Pam Yates
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Nominations
Best Documentary Feature
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Nominated for a 1997 Distinguished Achievement Award by the International Documentary Association.
Released in United States Spring March 21, 1997
Expanded Release in United States April 1997
Released in United States on Video September 16, 1997
Released in United States 1996
Released in United States October 5, 1996
Released in United States October 18, 1996
Released in United States 1997
Released in United States July 1997
Shown at New York Film Festival September 27 - October 13, 1996.
Shown at world premiere benefit to aid The Nelson Mandela Prisoner's Fund in Johannesburg, South Africa October 5, 1996.
Shown at Human Rights Watch Film Festival (Opening Night) in London October 18, 1996.
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 24 - May 8, 1997.
Shown at the South African Film Focus/ Resonnances Africaines July 3-13, 1997.
Broadcast in USA over Sundance Channel as part of month-long series "Representing Soul" August 10, 1999.
Began shooting fall 1993.
The crew filmed for seven months, capturing behind-the-scenes campaign activity, euphoric masses of South African citizens voting for the first time, and culminating with Mandela's inauguration. The filmmakers have condensed 200 hours of location footage and interviews with 100 hours of extraordinary archival footage into a bold, engaging screen story.
Shot in Beta
Expanded Release in United States April 1997
Released in United States on Video September 16, 1997
Released in United States 1996 (Shown at New York Film Festival September 27 - October 13, 1996.)
Released in United States October 5, 1996 (Shown at world premiere benefit to aid The Nelson Mandela Prisoner's Fund in Johannesburg, South Africa October 5, 1996.)
Released in United States October 18, 1996 (Shown at Human Rights Watch Film Festival (Opening Night) in London October 18, 1996.)
Released in United States Spring March 21, 1997
Released in United States 1997 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 24 - May 8, 1997.)
Released in United States July 1997 (Shown at the South African Film Focus/ Resonnances Africaines July 3-13, 1997.)
