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Storyville: Mandela, The Myth and Me

Mandela, The Myth and Me

13/01/2014

BBC Four - Storyville, Mandela, The Myth and Me

Documentary which raises important questions about Nelson Mandela's legacy.

Documentary which raises important questions about Nelson Mandela's legacy, featuring interviews with those who knew and loved Mandela, and also those who criticised him.

Documentary made by a young South African filmmaker before Nelson Mandela's death which raises important questions about the iconic leader's legacy.  

Khalo Matabane spent two years making the film, interviewing those who knew and loved Mandela, and also those who criticised him. Global thinkers, politicians and artists including the Dalai Lama, Henry Kissinger and Ariel Dorfman talk about the effect of his policies and his decision making. Their thoughts are weighed equally with ordinary South Africans like Charity Kondile, who refuses to forgive her son's apartheid operative murderer. 

Through these interviews, completed in the last months of Mandela's life, Matabane interrogates for himself the meaning of freedom, reconciliation and forgiveness. By doing so he challenges Mandela's enduring impact in today's world of conflict and inequality. 

Thought-provoking and reflective, Mandela, the Myth and Me is a moving film which frames Mandela from a fresh, deeply personal perspective.

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