The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
Directed by Phil Chilvers, Ken O'Neill, David G. Croft
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There was a time when the biggest names in pop music believed they could change the world for the better. Faced with the intolerance and excesses of the established authorities, music celebrities decided to use their prestige to draw attention to the problems that less favoured people in the world faced. Wembley Stadium, London, 1988: thousands of English people fill one of the most famous football arenas in the world to celebrate an unforgettable pop music festival, with a lofty goal above entertainment - the celebration of the seventieth birthday of African leader Nelson Mandela.Read moreLess
There was a time when the biggest names in pop music believed they could change the world for the better. Faced with the intolerance and excesses of the established authorities, music celebrities decided to use their prestige to draw attention to the problems that less favoured people in the world faced. Wembley Stadium, London, 1988: thousands of English people fill one of the most famous football arenas in the world to celebrate an unforgettable pop music festival, with a lofty goal above entertainment - the celebration of the seventieth birthday of African leader Nelson Mandela.
The story
There was a time when the biggest names in pop music believed they could change the world for the better. Faced with the intolerance and excesses of the established authorities, music celebrities decided to use their prestige to draw attention to the problems that less favoured people in the world faced. Wembley Stadium, London, 1988: thousands of English people fill one of the most famous football arenas in the world to celebrate an unforgettable pop music festival, with a lofty goal above entertainment - the celebration of the seventieth birthday of African leader Nelson Mandela.
Cast & crew
Harry BelafonteSelf
StingSelf
George MichaelSelf
Al GreenSelf
Whoopi GoldbergSelf
Tracy ChapmanSelf
Peter GabrielSelf
Miriam MakebaSelf
Hugh MasekelaSelf
Chrissie HyndeSelf
Steven Van ZandtSelfExplore the crew
- Director
- Phil Chilvers
- Director
- Ken O'Neill
- Producer
- Tisha Fein
- Producer
- Charles Brand
- Editor
- Goetz Meyer
- Director
- David G. Croft