A historical icon that has courted controversy as often as being praised, Mandela’s life as an activist, political prisoner, and South African president is told in MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM. While ...

The words of Ahmed Kathrada, one of Nelson Mandela’s closest confidants, giving what he thinks would be Mandela’s assessment of the new film based on his autobiography Long Walk to Freedom.

What we’ve tried to do is make a South African film and make in a way that it can engage audiences everywhere.” “Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom” will be released in South Africa on November ...

As the former South African President passes away, Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom celebrates his journey ... Starring Idris Elba, the movie digs deep under the surface in a quest to uncover the ...

And though the movie has finally been made ... If, in stylistic terms, “Long Walk to Freedom” always seems to be consecrating a saint, Elba never loses sight of “Madiba” the man.

Idris Elba (with Riaad Moosa) in ‘Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom’ Harris, fierce and front-and-center in her character’s own story, is indelible even as the movie rushes through Winnie ...

If you're looking for a basic overview of his achievements and personality, then Long Walk To Freedom will be the movie for you. But if you're looking for any kind of depth or meaning, then you'll ...

Mandela wasn’t released until 27 years later: in 1994 he won the first democratic elections in Africa. The movie tries to cover all these points, but biopics generally have a hard time including an ...