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The Man Who Drove With Mandela

2015
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How did South Africa come to be the first country in the world to embody LGBT rights in their post-apartheid Constitution? It was in large part due to the unsung hero Cecil Williams, whose moving life story is told in the feature documentary, The Man Who Drove With Mandela. Featuring Corin Redgrave as Cecil Williams, in a tour de force performance In 1962, at the height of oppression in apartheid South Africa, a gay white theatre Director was arrested with Nelson Mandela. His name was Cecil Williams. This is his story. This film is an unusually revealing portrait of one of the historic figures behind Nelson Mandela's long struggle for freedom in South Africa. In the early 60s, Mandela traveled incognito across South Africa, orgainizing armed rebellion against the apartheid regime. Driving a gleaming Austin Westminster, Mandela was disguised as the chauffeur for an elegant, impeccably dressed white man. That man was Cecil Williams - a leading Johannesburg theater director, a committed freedom fighter and a gay man. Starring Corin Redgrave, "The Man who Drove with Mandela," blends dramatized accounts of key incidents in William's life with archival footage, home movies and contemporary interviews to tell the story of the personal and political bravery of a forgotten hero. Produced and directed by Greta Schiller. Written and researched by Mark Gevisser. Producer Mark Gevisser, Beulah Films, South Africa. Produced in Association with Channel Four (UK), AVRO (Netherlands), SA Broadcasting, VRT-CANVAS (Belgium), Corporation for Public Broadcasting (USA). The London Production Fund, the British Film Institute and South African Department of Arts and Culture"
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Imprint:
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2015.
Collation:
1 online resource (streaming video file)
Notes:
Title from title frames.In Process Record.Originally produced by Jezebel Productions in 1998.In English
Performers:
Features: Judith Isaacson
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Language:
Undetermined
Index terms:
African StudiesDocumentariesHistory - ModernLGBT
BRN:
327773
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