Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)
Directed by: Justin ChadwickCast list: Idris Elba, Naomie Harris, Tony Kgoroge, Riaad Moosa, Fana Mokoena
Country: United Kingdom and South Africa
Year: 2013
Genres: Drama / Historical / Biographical /
Runtime: 139 min.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: Original version in English with Spanish subtitles
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. Nelson Mandela is a South African lawyer who joins the African National Congress in the 1940s when the law under the Apartheid system's brutal tyranny proves useless for his people. Forced to abandon peaceful protest for armed resistance after the Sharpeville Massacre, Mandela pays the price when he and his comrades are sentenced to life imprisonment for treason while his wife, Winnie, is abused by the authorities herself. Over the decades in chains, Mandela's spirit is unbowed as his struggle goes on in and beyond his captivity to become an international cause.
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Subjects: English language / Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Literature / Contemporary world / History /
Topics: education in human values / natural resources, wealth and poverty, commerce, consumption / culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / human geography / biographies, autobiographies / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships / human rights / film adaptation of literary or graphic work / judicial system, prisons, death penalty / politics, political systems /
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The History of Apartheid in South Africa
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Nelson Mandela's Fight for Freedom. The Discovery Channel Documentary
Mandela release from prison (full speech)
Long Walk To Freedom. Nelson Mandela's Autobiography (pdf)
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