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Set in 1962 MANDELA’S GUN is a political thriller, based on Mandelas African Odyssey. As Commander-in-Chief of the Liberation Army Umkhonto we Sizwe (the MK) he undergoes military training in Algeria and Ethiopia while surviving assassination attempts and betrayal. In South Africa he is finally arrested with the connivance of the CIA In the crucible of the surging African Liberation Movements of the early 60s not only does he study the art of war but also leadership and political survival. MANDELA’S GUN is a thrilling biopic, supported by eyewitness accounts from Mandelas advisors and comrades.Read moreLess
Set in 1962 MANDELA’S GUN is a political thriller, based on Mandelas African Odyssey. As Commander-in-Chief of the Liberation Army Umkhonto we Sizwe (the MK) he undergoes military training in Algeria and Ethiopia while surviving assassination attempts and betrayal. In South Africa he is finally arrested with the connivance of the CIA In the crucible of the surging African Liberation Movements of the early 60s not only does he study the art of war but also leadership and political survival. MANDELA’S GUN is a thrilling biopic, supported by eyewitness accounts from Mandelas advisors and comrades.
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Set in 1962 MANDELA’S GUN is a political thriller, based on Mandelas African Odyssey. As Commander-in-Chief of the Liberation Army Umkhonto we Sizwe (the MK) he undergoes military training in Algeria and Ethiopia while surviving assassination attempts and betrayal. In South Africa he is finally arrested with the connivance of the CIA In the crucible of the surging African Liberation Movements of the early 60s not only does he study the art of war but also leadership and political survival. MANDELA’S GUN is a thrilling biopic, supported by eyewitness accounts from Mandelas advisors and comrades.
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Tumisho MashaNelson Mandela
Zethu Dlomo-MphahleleWinnie Mandela
Khaled BenaissaCherif Belkacem
Nick BoraineCecil Williams
Luthuli DlaminiWalter Sisulu
Ashley DowdsArthur Goldreich
Francis ChoulerBob Hepple
Desmond DubeGovan Mbeki
Adam NeillLeonard Bernstein
Tom FairfootMI6 Agent
Ashleigh HarveyBOAC RepresentativeExplore the crew
- Writer
- Malcolm Purkey
- Producer
- Moroba Nkawe
- Director of Photography
- Lance Gewer
- Editor
- Humphrey Dixon
- Editor
- Henion Han
- Writer
- Athos Kyriakides
- Original Music Composer
- Abdullah Ibrahim
- Director
- John Irvin
- Producer
- Jeremy Nathan