Few public figures of the past 100 years have made as astounding a global impact as Nelson Mandela. The first democratically elected president of South Africa, Mandela was to his country what Martin ...

Long Walk To Freedom proves remarkably complete: It’s a dull, glossy, uncomplicated portrait of a man whose personal and political legacy is marked by serene idealism and shrewd calculation. A cursory ...

July 18 marks Nelson Mandela’s 107th birthday, a prominent day in African history. After 67 bittersweet years of striving for freedom and a 27-year imprisonment, Mandela’s persistence and adherence to ...

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Nelson Mandela appears in Troublemaker by Antoine Fuqua, an official selection of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute. In Antoine Fuqua’s documentary “Troublemaker,” the ...

The 'Training Day' and 'Equalizer' director's 94-minute Sundance premiere covers Mandela's life, with a boost from artist Thabang Lehobye. By Daniel Fienberg Chief Television Critic Watch enough ...

Portraying Nelson Mandela has defeated many actors, but not Morgan Freeman. The star of Invictus tells Bill Keller about shadowing – and embodying – the South African leader M ...

“We can change the world and make it a better place. It is in your hands to make a difference.” Directed by Imran Hamdulay, the film is a portrait of inherited trauma, the slow courage of forgiveness, ...

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'Troublemaker', premiering Jan. 27 at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, uses audio recordings the late South African leader made while writing his autobiography Born in 1918, Nelson Mandela became the ...