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The State Against Mandela and the Others

The State Against Mandela and the Others

20186.61h 45m

Overview

South Africa, July 11th, 1963. Several members of the African National Congress, an organization declared illegal, are arrested in Rivonia, a country house near Johannesburg. The detainees, along with Nelson Mandela, imprisoned since 1962, are charged with serious crimes for their radical activism against the apartheid regime.

Directed by Gilles Porte
Written by Gilles Porte, Nicolas Champeaux
Produced by William Jéhannin, Julie Gayet, Nadia Turincev
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Top Cast

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Ahmed Mohamed 'Kathy' Kathrada

Self - Accused

A

Andrew Mlangeni

Self - Accused

D

Denis Goldberg

Self - Accused

S

Sylvia Neame

Self - Kathrada's Fiancée (1963)

Winnie Mandela

Winnie Mandela

Self - Politician

Q

Quartus de Wet

Self - Judge (voice)

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela

Self - Accused (archive footage)

D

Daniël François Malan

Self - Politician (archive footage)

H

Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd

Self - Politician (archive footage)

J

Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Themes & Keywords

political activismsouth africaapartheidjohannesburg, south africatrialaudio recording1960spolitical repressionstate crimesafrican history

About The State Against Mandela and the Others

The State Against Mandela and the Others is a documentary, animation, history film released in 2018 exploring themes of political activism, south africa, apartheid, johannesburg, south africa, trial, audio recording. Directed by Gilles Porte, it stars Ahmed Mohamed 'Kathy' Kathrada, Andrew Mlangeni, Denis Goldberg. South Africa, July 11th, 1963. Several members of the African National Congress, an organization declared illegal, are arrested in Rivonia, a country house near Johannesburg. The detainees, along with Nelson Mandela, imprisoned since 1962, are charged with serious crimes for their radical activism against the apartheid regime.

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