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Year of production : 2018

Director(s) : Nicolas CHAMPEAUX, Gilles PORTE
Cast : Andrew MLANGENI , Denis GOLDBERG, Joel JOFFE, Winnie MANDELA

The year 2020 marks the 25th anniversary of Nelson
Mandela's release from prison.
In the historic Rivonia Trial of1963 and 1964, Nelson Mandela
took center stage. Yet, there were eight others who, like him,
faced the death sentence for daring to challenge South
Africa’s apartheid regime. Unreleased and recently recovered
archival recordings are brought to life via beautiful handdrawn
animation that transports us back in time into the thick
of the courtroom battles. United, they stood firm and set in
motion a series of events that inspired future generations.
Now, contemporary interviews with the surviving defendants
family members, including Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, as
they listen to the audio files some 50 years later further bring
the past into the blazingly relevant present. It was on of the
last projects in which Winnie Mandela would participate
before her passing.