| Description |
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 pages; 20 cm.) |
| System Details |
DVD, NTSC, all regions; Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0. |
| Performer |
Narrator, Patrick Shai. |
| Credits |
Editor, Andy Keir ; camera, Dewald Aukema, Peter Tischhauser ; original music, Cedric Gradus Samson with Hugh Masekela. |
| Note |
Documentary originally produced in 1995. |
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Accompanying booklet includes historic essays and photographs. |
| Summary |
A captivating view of the incredible spirit of one of the world's most fascinating people, this full-length documentary follows Nelson Mandela form his early days and tribal education to his election as South Africa's first black president. |
| Note |
Special feature: trailers. |
| Awards |
1996 Oscar nominee for best documentary. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013.
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Presidents -- South Africa -- Biography.
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Political prisoners -- South Africa -- Biography.
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Apartheid -- South Africa.
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South Africa -- Race relations.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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| Added Author |
Menell, Jo.
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Gibson, Angus.
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Demme, Jonathan, 1944-2017
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Saxon, Edward.
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Shai, Patrick.
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Samson, Cedric.
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Masekela, Hugh, 1939-2018
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Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013.
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Aukema, Dewald.
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Tischhauser, Peter.
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Island Pictures.
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Clinica Estetico, Ltd.
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Palm Pictures.
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| Cover Title |
Mandela : son of Africa, father of a nation |
| Standard No. |
660200307820 |
| Music No. |
PALMDV 3078 Palm Pictures |
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