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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (Xhosa pronunciation: [xoˈliːɬaɬa manˈdeːla]; born 18 July 1918) is a South African politician who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, the first ever to be elected in a fully representative democratic election. Before being elected President, Mandela was a militant anti-apartheid activist, and the leader and co-founder of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). In 1962 he was arrested and convicted of sabotage and other charges, and sentenced to life imprisonment. Mandela went on to serve 27 years in prison, spending many of these years on Robben Island. Following his release from prison on 11 February 1990, Mandela led his party in the negotiations that led to the establishment of democracy in 1994. As President, he frequently gave priority to reconciliation, while introducing policies aimed at combating poverty and inequality in South Africa.
In South Africa, Mandela is often known as Madiba, his Xhosa clan name; or as tata (Xhosa: father). Mandela has received more than 250 awards over four decades.
Actors: Carol A. Compton (miscellaneous crew), David M. Thompson (producer), Anant Singh (producer), Diana Cilliers (costume designer), Dezi Rorich (miscellaneous crew), Desmond Tutu (actor), Harvey Weinstein (producer), Idris Elba (actor), Nelson Mandela (writer), Alex Heffes (composer), François Ivernel (producer), Andre Jacobs (actor), Graham Clarke (actor), Cameron McCracken (producer), Naomie Harris (actress),
Genres: Biography, Drama, History,Actors: Nelson Mandela (actor), John Lewis (actor), Adam Radly (producer), Adam Radly (director),
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Wendy Crewson (actress), Elias Koteas (actor), Darrell Roodt (director), Terrence Howard (actor), Jennifer Hudson (actress), Darrell Roodt (writer), Dezi Rorich (miscellaneous crew), T.D. Jakes (producer), T.D. Jakes (miscellaneous crew), David Dukas (actor), Johan Kruger (producer), Vinca Cox (miscellaneous crew), Norman Anstey (actor), Philo Pieterse (producer), Michael Mosca (producer),
Genres: Biography, Drama, History,Actors: Sophie Okonedo (actress), David Morrissey (actor), David Harewood (actor), David Charap (editor), Nicky Rebello (actor), David Dukas (actor), Craig Gardner (actor), Vusi Kunene (actor), Garth Breytenbach (actor), Jolyon Symonds (producer), Michael Samuels (director), Michael Samuels (writer), David Clatworthy (actor), Adrian Waldron (actor), Jacques Gombault (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Morgan Freeman (producer), Mace Neufeld (producer), Roger Birnbaum (producer), Gary Barber (producer), Sean Cameron Michael (actor), Clint Eastwood (producer), Danny Keogh (actor), Robin Smith (actor), Matthew Dylan Roberts (actor), Morgan Freeman (actor), Matt Damon (actor), Gideon Emery (actor), Stelio Savante (actor), Joel Cox (editor), Clint Eastwood (director),
Plot: The film tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa's rugby team to help unite their country. Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's rugby team as they make their historic run to the 1995 Rugby World Cup Championship match.
Keywords: 1990s, abandoned-prison, apartheid, archive-footage, athlete, based-on-book, birth-of-a-nation, black-president, bodyguard, cape-town-south-africaActors: Leslie Nielsen (actor), Michael Papajohn (actor), Christopher McDonald (actor), Dan Castellaneta (actor), Kevin Hart (actor), Tracy Morgan (actor), John Getz (actor), Robert Hays (actor), Aki Aleong (actor), Keith David (actor), Drake Bell (actor), Robert Joy (actor), Kurt Fuller (actor), Brent Spiner (actor), Thomas Rosales Jr. (actor),
Genres: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller,Actors: Diana Cilliers (costume designer), Bille August (writer), Greg Latter (writer), Dario Marianelli (composer), Greg Latter (writer), Bille August (director), Diane Kruger (actress), David Wicht (producer), Danny Keogh (actor), Matthew Dylan Roberts (actor), Jimmy de Brabant (producer), Dennis Haysbert (actor), Joseph Fiennes (actor), John Kaylin (miscellaneous crew), Marie-Noelle Hauville (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: James Gregory once lived in a farm and had befriended a native youth, Bafana, and had even had a photograph taken with him. Years later, now married to Gloria and father of three children (Chris, Brett, and Natasha), James has nothing but shame and regret, as many South African Caucasians in the oppressive Apartheid-era ridiculed him, leading him to hate Africans. He seeks to redeem himself by spying on imprisoned African National Congress Leader, Nelson Mandela. In the restrictive high security prison his job is to censor all written and verbal communications between prisoners, their visitors, and correspondence. James is uncomfortable when he witnesses Caucasian police and security officers' brutality against civilians, including infants, and tries to understand why Nelson became a rebel. This leads him to examine the 'Freedom Charter', a banned document, reportedly known to incite violence against 'whites'. And when he does read this document, he changes his mind about Nelson's freedom struggle. Soon he, himself, will be alienated by his very own peers. Isolated, he receives death threats over the phone and has to face the trauma of the 'accidental' death of Brett. In addition, he and his family are kept under close watch by the security forces amidst tight economic sanctions by the international community, and growing unrest by the natives who continue their fight for equality, and freedom for Nelson Mandela.
Keywords: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, african-national-congress, apartheid, based-on-book, freedom-fighter, husband-wife-reunion, nelson-mandela, political-prisonerActors: Geoffrey Beevers (actor), Ray Donn (actor), Emily Mortimer (actress), Greta Scacchi (actress), Richard Griffiths (actor), Damian Lewis (actor), Richard Wilson (actor), Gary Lineker (actor), Ben Miller (actor), Geoffrey Whitehead (actor), Guy Jenkin (writer), Guy Jenkin (director), Polly Walker (actress), Edmund Butt (composer), Rupert Holliday-Evans (actor),
Plot: Starting in Archer's Oxford days this bizzare comedy maps the 'truth' about Archer's rise, fall and eventual re-rise to power. The story is told in 2009 as Archer helps someone write an unofficial Biography a few year's after Archer's release from Prison.
Keywords: british-royal-family, character-name-in-title, fantasy-world, politics, prince-william, princess-diana, spoofActors: Christopher Toyne (producer), Nigel Thomas (producer), Christopher Toyne (actor), Anthony Valentine (actor), Lisa Eichhorn (actress), George Jackos (actor), Timothy Morand (miscellaneous crew), Timothy Morand (actor), Roger Webb (composer), Sylvia Mackintosh (miscellaneous crew), Gabrielle Beaumont (director), Michael Bernstein (actor), Gabrielle Beaumont (writer), Antony Zaki (actor), Joanna Dunham (actress),
Plot: Indeed a tribute, this movie tells the story of Princess Diana's last year, from May 1996 to her fatal accident in August 1997. It focuses on her love affairs with a Pakistani heart surgeon and with Dodi Al Fayed, on her battle with the press, her charity work, and her relationship with her sons. Many scenes re-enact well-known images and moments from this year, and the movie ends on the note that Diana was about to accept Dodi's proposal of marriage when the accident occurred.
Keywords: british-royal-family, character-name-in-title, marriage-proposal, mother-son-relationship, portrait, prince, prince-william, princess, princess-diana, royal-romanceActors: Allan Corduner (actor), Richard Hartley (composer), Pauline Hume (miscellaneous crew), Philip Saville (director), Danny Glover (actor), Julian Glover (actor), Ronald Harwood (writer), Alfre Woodard (actress), Warren Clarke (actor), Ralph Sheldon (editor), Robert Berger (producer), Herbert Brodkin (producer), Angela Wharton (miscellaneous crew), Andrew Whaley (actor), Margaret Adams (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Drama,