Mandela

Mandela

Year: 1987

Runtime: 135 mins

Language: English

Director: Philip Saville

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After 27 years in prison, Nelson Mandela emerges to lead South Africa’s transition, becoming the nation’s first Black president. He guides a peaceful negotiation that ends apartheid, fosters national reconciliation, and earns him the Nobel Peace Prize for his leadership in securing a bloodless revolution.

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