''Winnie '', is a 2017 South African

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documentary film directed by Pascale Lamche and produced by Christoph Jörg and Steven Markovitz for Pumpernickel Films, Submarine Films, Big World Cinema. The film deals with the life of

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (born Nomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela; 26 September 1936 – 2 April 2018), also known as Winnie Mandela, was a South African anti-apartheid activist and politician, and the second wife of Nelson Mandela. She ser ...

and her tireless struggle to bring down

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in South Africa. The film was screened as a part of the Human Rights Festival 2019. In the same year, Lamche won the award for the Best Director for International Documentary at

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. It was also nominated at

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for Best Documentary.

Cast

as self * Anné-Mariè Bezdrop – author of 'Winnie Mandela: A Life', as self *

Zindzi Mandela Zindziswa "Zindzi" Mandela (23 December 196013 July 2020), also known as Zindzi Mandela-Hlongwane, was a South African diplomat and poet, and the daughter of anti-apartheid activists and politicians Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. ...

– daughter of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and Nelson Mandela, as self * Sophie Mokoena – political editor, South African Broadcasting Corporation, as self * Norah Moahloli – resident of Brandfort, as self *

Anton Harber Anton Harber (October 27, 1958) is a South African journalist. He is executive director of the Campaign for Free Expression, director of the Henry Nxumalo Foundation an adjunct professor of journalism at the University of the Witwatersrand, and t ...

– former editor of the Weekly Mail, as self *

Dali Mpofu Dali Mpofu (born Christopher Daluxolo Mpofu in 1962 in King William's Town) is a South African lawyer and politician who is the former National Chairperson of the Economic Freedom Fighters and has been serving on the party's central command team ...

– lawyer, as self * Vic McPherson – former security branch operative of South African Police, as self *

Niel Barnard Lukas Daniel Barnard (born 1949), known as Niël Barnard, is a former head of South Africa's National Intelligence Service and was notable for his behind-the-scenes role in preparing former president Nelson Mandela and former South African pres ...

– former head of South Africa's National Intelligence Service, as self * Teboho Murdoch as self *

Nelson Mandela Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (; ; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African Internal resistance to apartheid, anti-apartheid activist who served as the President of South Africa, first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1 ...

– (archive footage) *

George Bizos George Bizos ( el, Γιώργος Μπίζος; 14 November 19279 September 2020) was a Greek-South African human rights lawyer who campaigned against apartheid in South Africa. He was noted for representing Nelson Mandela during the Rivonia T ...

– lawyer, as self * Henk Heslinga – former chief of police, as self * Ishmael Semenya as self

International screening

The film has screened in several international film festivals and received positive critical reviews. * USA – 22 January 2017 at

* USA – 31 May 2017 at

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* South Africa – 4 June 2017 at

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* Australia – 11 June 2017 at

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* Italy – 15 June 2017 at Biografilm Festival * Netherlands – 22 June 2017 * Israel – 16 July 2017 at

Jerusalem Film Festival The Jerusalem Film Festival ( he, פסטיבל הקולנוע ירושלים, ar, مهرجان القدس السينمائي) is an international film festival held annually in Jerusalem, It was established in 1984 by the Director of the Jerusal ...

* Australia – 17 August 2017 at

Melbourne International Film Festival The Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) is an annual film festival held over three weeks in Melbourne, Australia. It was founded in 1952 and is one of the oldest film festivals in the world following the founding of the Venice Film Fest ...

* Canada – 7 October 2017 at

Vancouver International Film Festival The Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) is an annual film festival held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, for two weeks in late September and early October. The festival is operated by the Greater Vancouver International Film Fest ...

* Poland – 16 October 2017 at

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* UK – 16 August 2018 at London Feminist Film Festival

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 6333082
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