Videovision Entertainment, The Nelson Mandela Foundation and Ster Kinekor have teamed up to celebrate Madiba by making available the film, Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom, to the public at no cost. The screenings will take place on 18 July 2014 at 09h45 at selected Ster Kinekor cinemas across South Africa.
Read MoreMandela: Long Walk To Freedom will be screened at the United Nations in Geneva today, 20 March 2014, ahead of the commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on Friday, 21 March.
Read MoreMandela: Long Walk To Freedom was launched in Berlin with great fanfare with a series of events which included a benefit banquet for the Nelson Mandela Foundation on Monday night at which international singing sensation, Katie Melua and South African-German singer, Joy Denalane performed. This was followed by a gala premiere last night at which producer Anant Singh, director Justin Chadwick, lead actor Idris Elba, Nelson Mandela’s daughter, Zindzi Mandela and Sello Hatang, CEO of the Nelson Mandela Foundation represented the film.
Read MoreThe film based on the life of former president Nelson Mandela, "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom", will be introduced to American classrooms, the Nelson Mandela Foundation said on Tuesday.
"There are no words to describe how meaningful it is to us to know that thousands of miles away school children are learning the history of our country and the father of our democracy," CEO Sello Hatang said in a statement.
Read MoreMandela: Long Walk To Freedom - Official South African website for the Nelson Mandela Film.
