Mrs Mandela (2010)

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UK

Television Film

Writer/Director: Michael Samuels

Cinematographer: Wojciech Szepel

Composer: Daniel Giorgetti

Cast: Sophie Okonedo, David Harewood, David Morrissey, Vusi Kunene, David Dennis, Jacques Gombault, Rika Sennet

Michael Samuels’s beautifully crafted impressionistic biopic, featuring an excellent central performance from Okonedo, depicts the life of Winnie Mandela from the early days of her courtship with Nelson until his release from prison some 30-odd-years later, detailing her growth as a woman, activist, and revolutionary as well as some of her more unsavoury traits and actions, including the torture and murder of a 14-year-old boy who was a suspected informer. Iain.Stott