Year: 1987
Runtime: 135 mins
Language: English
Director: Philip Saville
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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