Mandela Biopic Recounts Apartheid Icon's Life

Just weeks after Nelson Mandela's death, a film about his life opens in U.S. theaters. Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom follows the apartheid icon's journey from a lawyer and activist, through decades in prison and finally to president of South Africa. "The story of apartheid in a color-divided Africa, South Africa, is but 25 years old," said Idris Elba, who portrays Mandela in the film. "And so you understand that is important generally to the world to see that we...

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