Nelson Mandela
Birthday: 1918-07-18
Place of Birth: Mvezo, Cape Province, South Africa
Biography: Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and philanthropist, who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black chief executive, and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid through tackling institutionalised racism and fostering racial reconciliation. Politically an African nationalist and democratic socialist, he served as President of the African National Congress (ANC) party from 1991 to 1997.
Movies
Hansie
"How do you start over once you have betrayed a nation's trust?" The news of Hansie Cronjé's involve...
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Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
The struggle to eradicate apartheid in South Africa has been chronicled over time, but no one has ad...
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Her Majesty's Prime Ministers: John Major
As a school dropout, the teenage John Major could simply never have dreamt that he would one day bec...
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The Bang Bang Club
In the early to mid '90s, when the South African system of apartheid was in its death throes, four p...
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São Paulo Abraça Mandela
Documentary about Nelson and Winnie Mandela's visit to the city of São Paulo, recording their encoun...
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Nelson Mandela: Resistance
History never forgets its heroes, its legends and its victims. During the 20th century there is only...
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Mandela
A documentary that chronicles the life of South African leader Nelson Mandela. Mandela is probably b...
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Malcolm X
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hi...
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In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
A documentary overview and ideological critique of the South African film industry and cinema's hist...
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Sophiatown
Little Bird's first South African production, SOPHIATOWN has won the award for Best Documentary at t...
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Mandelas Kinder
A 90-year-old grandfather tells his 22 grandchildren and great-grandchildren about his life over fiv...
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Naomi Conquers Africa
Naomi and her supermodel friends travel to South Africa to hold a fashion show for Nelson Mandela’s ...
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Miller Meets Mandela
For the first time since his release from 27 years of imprisonment Nelson Mandela opens up about his...
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Voices from the Island
Nelson Mandela and his fellow ex-prisoners recall their incarceration on South Africa's Robben Islan...
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Plot for Peace
This is the untold story behind History, a well-kept secret behind the world-wide icon: Nelson Mande...
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Winnie
While her husband served a life sentence, paradoxically kept safe and morally uncontaminated, Winnie...
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Franz Klammer - The Ski "Kaiser" Will Be 70
ORF chief director Michael Kögler met the legend again 30 years after his multi-award-winning docume...
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Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage
Explores the deep bond between Nelson and Winnie and their marriage in the struggle against aparthei...
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Troublemaker: The Story Behind the Mandela Tapes
Newly discovered audio interviews with Nelson Mandela himself delivers an honest, accurate and defin...
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Death of Apartheid
The secret history of the negotiations that led to Mandela's release from prison, the ANC becoming t...
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Whitney
Examines the life and career of singer Whitney Houston. Features never-before-seen archival footage,...
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Mama Africa
Miriam Makeba was one of the first African musicians who won international stardom and whose music w...
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White House Revealed
In this eye-opening documentary about the inner workings of the White House, the most famous residen...
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Africa Rising
How African artists have spread African culture all over the world, especially music, since the hars...
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The State Against Mandela and the Others
South Africa, July 11th, 1963. Several members of the African National Congress, an organization dec...
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The Corporation
Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational mod...
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The Edge of Democracy
A cautionary tale for these times of democracy in crisis—the personal and political fuse to explore ...
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Fire in the Blood
An intricate tale of "medicine, monopoly and malice", Fire in the Blood tells the story of how Weste...
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Shadow World
A detailed investigation into the political and economic interests that, since the beginning of the ...
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The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story
A documentary chronicling Queen and Lambert's incredible journey since they first shared the stage t...
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Stop The Tour
Stop The Tour discovers the extraordinary story of how sport helped bring an end to Apartheid which ...
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The Wikipedia Promise
In 2001, Jimmy Wales published the first article on Wikipedia, a collaborative effort that began wit...
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Bill Moyers: Beyond Hate
Hate has many faces: racism, anti-Semitism, homophobia, sectarianism, domestic violence. But do we r...
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Children of the Light
"Children of the Light" tells the life story of Desmond Tutu of South Africa. With extensive archiva...
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The Queen and the Prime Ministers
Danish documentary about the relationship between Queen Magrethe II and the prime ministers....
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