The State Against Mandela and the Others

Oct 17 2018 N/A 1h 45m
Documentary

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…

Plot

2018 marks the centenary of Nelson Mandela's birth. He seized center stage during a historic trial in 1963 and 1964. But there were eight others who, like him, faced the death sentence. They too were subjected to pitiless cross-examinations. To a man they stood firm and turned the tables on the state: South Africa's apartheid regime was in the dock. Recently recovered archival recordings of those hearings transport us back into the thick of the courtroom battles.

Written by

N/A

Directed by

Nicolas Champeaux, Gilles Porte

Production Countries

France

Production Companies

Rouge International, UFO Production, ARTE, Korokoro, Canal+, Ina

Languages

English, Français

Awards

1 win & 2 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
152
Average Rating
6.7 out of 10
Metascore
75
Popularity
NA