Nelson Mandela Movies

Little Bird's first South African production, SOPHIATOWN has won the award for Best Documentary at the Cape Town World Cinema Festival 2003. ...

Nelson Mandela and his fellow ex-prisoners recall their incarceration on South Africa's Robben Island. For three decades, the island housed not only...

A detailed investigation into the political and economic interests that, since the beginning of the 20th century, have pulled the strings of the arms...

In this eye-opening documentary about the inner workings of the White House, the most famous residence in America opens its doors for a...

While her husband served a life sentence, paradoxically kept safe and morally uncontaminated, Winnie Mandela rode the raw violence of apartheid,...

South Africa, July 11th, 1963. Several members of the African National Congress, an organization declared illegal, are arrested in Rivonia, a country...

A 90-year-old grandfather tells his 22 grandchildren and great-grandchildren about his life over five days - while the camera is rolling. But it's...

As a school dropout, the teenage John Major could simply never have dreamt that he would one day become a powerful political leader and get elected...

How African artists have spread African culture all over the world, especially music, since the harsh years of decolonization, trying to offer a...

A documentary overview and ideological critique of the South African film industry and cinema's historical relationship with apartheid.

ORF chief director Michael Kögler met the legend again 30 years after his multi-award-winning documentary “Die Franz Klammer Story”....

Malou von Sivers met Nelson Mandela during his farewell tour of Europe. The conversation centers on Nelson Mandela’s unique life story, his...

"How do you start over once you have betrayed a nation's trust?" The news of Hansie Cronjé's involvement with Indian bookmakers and his...

Hate has many faces: racism, anti-Semitism, homophobia, sectarianism, domestic violence. But do we really understand its roots, and are there...

Documentary about Nelson and Winnie Mandela's visit to the city of São Paulo, recording their encounter with the black community and social...

The story of Nelson Mandela and the South African Rugby team uniting to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup. This monumental moment in sports history paved...

The secret history of the negotiations that led to Mandela's release from prison, the ANC becoming the government of South Africa, and the end of...

"Children of the Light" tells the life story of Desmond Tutu of South Africa. With extensive archival footage, family photos and never before seen...

A documentary that chronicles the life of South African leader Nelson Mandela. Mandela is probably best known for his 27 years of imprisonment, and...