The Man Who Drove with Mandela
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Greta Schiller
Robert Whitehead
Joseph Bale
Riaan Velloen
Corin Redgrave
Clinton Smith
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
The story of Cecil Williams, a pioneering political activist in South Africa. Williams was British, but his political engagement was forged in the South Africa of the immediate postwar years. He joined the Springbok Legion, an anti-fascist group that saw blacks as equals, and was also a successful theatrical producer. In that context, he advanced public awareness of both black and gay rights as a high-profile gay liberal who worked with black and white actors. By the beginnings of repression in the 1950s, Williams had already been imprisoned for his activism, when he helped to smuggle Nelson Mandela back into South Africa by posing as his driver. Although he survived this risk, he was put under house arrest, and eventually escaped back to Britain.
Director
Greta Schiller
Cast
Robert Whitehead
Joseph Bale
Riaan Velloen
Corin Redgrave
Clinton Smith
Gavin Hayward
Adnaan Bassier
Ashley Brownlee
Robert Tsiesi
Crew
Simon Allen
Sammy Cahn
King Camera
Gita Cerveira
Sharon Cort
Doris Day
Indra Delanerolle
Richard Dunford
Maggie Ellis
Ray Evans
Sylvia Fine
Henner Frankenfeld
Mark Gevisser
Mark Gevisser
Mark Gevisser
Steve Haynes
Bob Hilliard
Rita Hodgson
Tania Hoser
Stephane Jaggers
Anna-maria James
Litza Jansz
Danny Kaye
Zoltan Kovats
Jay Livingston
Vusi Mahlasela
Vusi Mahlasela
David Marinus
Karen Martin
Vulimsi Mdluli
Dawn Miller
Philip Miller
Ruth Morgan
Daniel Neal
Sheba Phombeah
Graham Reid
Gabriel Romano
Greta Schiller
Meryl Schutte
Eyal Shaphyr
Carl Sigman
Allen Simon
Prisca Swan
Enrique Swart
Tom Swart
Andrea Weiss
Nassshon Zalk
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1998
Released in United States August 1998
Released in United States 1999
Released in United States June 1999
Released in United States July 1999
Released in United States 2000
Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Imagining Reality) August 16-30, 1998.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Documentaries: Truth with an Attitude) May 13 - June 6, 1999.
Shown at San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival June 17-27, 1999.
Shown at Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in New York City (Walter Reade) June 11-24, 1999.
Shown at New York Lesbian & Gay Film Festival June 3-13, 1999.
Shown at Newport International Film Festival June 1-6, 1999.
Shown at OUTFEST '99: The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival July 8-19, 1999.
Broadcast in USA over WNET October 17, 1999.
Released in United States 1998
Released in United States August 1998 (Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Imagining Reality) August 16-30, 1998.)
Released in United States 1999 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Documentaries: Truth with an Attitude) May 13 - June 6, 1999.)
Released in United States June 1999 (Shown at San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival June 17-27, 1999.)
Released in United States June 1999 (Shown at Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in New York City (Walter Reade) June 11-24, 1999.)
Released in United States June 1999 (Shown at New York Lesbian & Gay Film Festival June 3-13, 1999.)
Released in United States June 1999 (Shown at Newport International Film Festival June 1-6, 1999.)
Released in United States July 1999 (Shown at OUTFEST '99: The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival July 8-19, 1999.)
Released in United States 2000 (Shown in Los Angeles (Laemmles's Sunset 5) as part of program "Documentary Days 2000" February 26 - April 9, 2000.)
