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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (/mænˈdɛlə/; born Rolihlahla Mandela (Xhosa pronunciation: [xoˈliːɬaɬa manˈdeːla]); 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) 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. Internationally, Mandela was Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement from 1998 to 1999.
A Xhosa born to the Thembu royal family, Mandela attended Fort Hare University and the University of Witwatersrand, where he studied law. Living in Johannesburg, he became involved in anti-colonial politics, joining the ANC and becoming a founding member of its Youth League. After the Afrikaner minority government of the National Party established apartheid – a system of racial segregation that privileged whites – in 1948, he rose to prominence in the ANC's 1952 anti-apartheid Defiance Campaign, was appointed superintendent of the organisation's Transvaal chapter and presided over the 1955 Congress of the People. Working as a lawyer, he was repeatedly arrested for seditious activities and, with the ANC leadership, was unsuccessfully prosecuted in the Treason Trial from 1956 to 1961. Influenced by Marxism, he secretly joined the South African Communist Party (SACP). Although initially committed to non-violent protest, in association with the SACP he co-founded the militant Umkhonto we Sizwe in 1961, leading a sabotage campaign against the government. In 1962, he was arrested, convicted of conspiracy to overthrow the state, and sentenced to life imprisonment in the Rivonia Trial.
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,