Winnie (2011)

Directors

Darrell Roodt

Cast

Jennifer Hudson, Terrence Howard, Wendy Crewson, Elias Koteas, Justin Strydom

The story

The film portrays the life of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (Jennifer Hudson), from her strict rural upbringing by a father disappointed she was not born a boy, to her giving up the chance to study in America in order to remain in South Africa where she felt more needed, through her husband Nelson Mandela's (Terrence Howard) imprisonment to South Africa's eventual freedom from apartheid. She endured continuous harassment by the security police, banishment to a small Orange Free State town, betrayal by friends and allies, and imprisonment, including more than a year in solitary confinement. Upon her release, she continues activism against…

Genres

Film metadata comes from the open sources listed in Credits & Contact. Catalogue details may be incomplete.

Your lists

Loading your lists…