Madiba (2017)

Directed by

Kevin Hooks

Genre

drama

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 3 episodes

Rated

TV-PG

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This miniseries tells the story of Nelson Mandela's lifelong fight against apartheid in South Africa. It shows how he and his allies in the ANC worked together to end a system of racial oppression.

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What happens

Madiba is a three-part American biographical drama television miniseries documenting the true lifelong struggle of Xhosa human rights activist, lawyer, political prisoner, and eventual president of South Africa Nelson Mandela to overthrow the oppressive regime of institutionalized racism and segregation known as apartheid. The series stars Laurence Fishburne, Orlando Jones, David Harewood, Michael Nyqvist, Terry Pheto, Jason Kennett and Kate Liquorish. The three-part miniseries made its debut on BET on February 1, 2017, concluding on February 15, 2017. While the miniseries is named for and largely follows the story of Madiba (Nelson Mandela), Laurence Fishburne has stated that one of the primary intentions of the miniseries was to highlight the important role played by Mandela's many family members, friends, and colleagues at the ANC who worked tirelessly alongside him to successfully overthrow the regime of apartheid. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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