Underplayed Gems

The Man Who Drove with Mandela (1998)

The Man Who Drove with Mandela poster
Directed by
Greta Schiller
Country
United Kingdom, Belgium
Runtime
1h 22m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This documentary tells the story of Cecil Williams, a British-South African theatre director and anti-apartheid activist. He helped Nelson Mandela evade arrest by having Mandela pose as his chauffeur. The film uses Williams' own writings to show his perspective.

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What happens

The Man Who Drove with Mandela is an internationally co-produced documentary film, directed by Greta Schiller and released in 1998. A coproduction of companies from the United Kingdom, the United States, South Africa, the Netherlands and Belgium, the film is a portrait of Cecil Williams, a British-South African theatre director and activist who played an unsung but important role in the struggle against apartheid, notably through his efforts to help Nelson Mandela evade arrest by posing as Williams's chauffeur. As Williams died in 1979, excerpts from his own writings were narrated in the film by actor Corin Redgrave to depict his own perspective. The film premiered at the 1998 Edinburgh International Film Festival. It was subsequently screened at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival in February 1999, where it won the Teddy Award for Best LGBTQ-related documentary film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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