"Mandela" is a panoramic film that covers almost all the important journeys in Mandela's life. Beginning in his thatched hut in South Africa and ending in the presidency - we all know what happened afterwards: Mandela's grief and glory brought the world to tears.
Mandela was born in the black aristocracy in South Africa. In the tribal ruling structure, his background is not inferior to the royal family, but the white colonists destroyed the inherent black power system. On the one hand, they implemented the apartheid policy to the black aborigines. It has brought great suffering, and on the other hand, it has also brought various material and spiritual civilizations in modern society: the only member of the Mandela family who has ever attended school, after attending a mission school, he received a Western-style higher education, although he went through many times. A university, but the tenacious Mandela gradually mastered the legal knowledge brought by the colonists and gradually became his own weapon against the colonists.
Mandela and the ANC engaged in both violent struggles and long nonviolent campaigns. So we can often see Mandela speaking freely in court in the movies - the white colonists brought the legal system, but they themselves had to obey, so this gave Mandela a huge space for resistance. Mandela in "Mandela" was applauded again and again in court - the white government did use a lot of inhumane means of rule, but South Africa was at a historic turning point after all, and it was impossible to use Pure police rule to suppress the black movement, the so-called "equality before the law", in South Africa under the apartheid system, was actually realized in a paradoxical way.
For Mandela, the most painful stage of life may have been a long prison sentence. "Mahatma" Gandhi once stayed in South Africa for a long time. Mandela still did not give up the struggle in Robben Island Prison, but he no longer simply suppressed violence with violence, but used his own patience, tenacity and Faith, like Gandhi, and the government authorities pointed to Maimang - Havel said "the rights of the powerless", Mandela in prison, it is this infinite "power" that has been mastered.
Mandela has experienced several marriages. He used to have a very good relationship with Winnie, but Winnie, who is more and more domineering and full of ill-will, is getting farther and farther away from Mandela. She broke up.
Mandela's glorious history cannot ignore the cooperation of de Klerk. This white president ended the apartheid system and joined hands with Mandela to promote the development of South Africa's historical process. So, the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to both de Klerk and Mandela.
Mandela often, but de Klerk not? The success of South Africa is not the success of the black side, but the success of all South African nationals. Apart from segregating blacks, doesn't it also separate whites?
The implementation of "truth and reconciliation" allowed South Africa after apartheid to resolve historical grievances and open a new chapter in history. This is not only a victory for Mandela, but also for de Klerk.
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