Description: Frontline profiles the most widely known and revered political leader in the world--Nelson Mandela. Credited with the reversal of apartheid in a South Africa controlled by two generations of stern Afrikaner leaders who enforced the ideology of racial separation, Mandela stands as an all-embracing giant who brought about his nation's extraordinary peaceful transformation to democracy. In the most in-depth film biography of Mandela ever undertaken, the broadcast tells the story of his life through interviews with intimates--from his most trusted associates to his jailers on Robben Island, the prison where he was held for twenty-seven years. The two-hour film offers an insider's account of his extraordinary will to lead, and of the great risk and personal sacrifice he endured to achieve democracy and equality for the people of his nation.
Amazon.com: The prestigious PBS series Frontline has produced a stirring and comprehensive document of the extraordinary life of Nelson Mandela, the man who best embodies the black South African struggle for freedom. In-depth interviews with central figures of 20th-century South Africa, such as former presidents P.W. Botha and F.W. DeKlerk, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and African National Congress members Walter Sisulu and Govan Mbeki, provide inside information about Mandela's lifelong struggle to end the racist system of apartheid and bring justice and peace to his beloved homeland.
The film investigates Mandela's engrossing political life: incidents of civil disobedience and sabotage, his movement up the ranks of the ANC to become its implicit leader, his three-decade-long incarceration. From prison, through sheer brilliance and determination, he is able to manipulate matters to bring victory to his people. His triumphant emancipation is an historic milestone for his nation and the world.
Intimate details of Mandela's personal life are also explored. Born to tribal royalty, Mandela is aptly named Rolihlaha--"Shaker of Trees," "Trouble-maker." Feeling fettered by archaic tribal duties, he runs away to Johannesburg, where he attains renown not only as a political force but as a ladies man. We witness the romantic rise and painful fall of his great love with the beautiful and powerful Winnie. At 80, Mandela, perhaps the greatest leader Africa has ever known, returns to the countryside of his birth to fulfill his ancient destiny as tribal chief. --Laura Mirsky
Anything Goes Trivia
Megaton Man
Tailipoe
Trevor
