<I>Mandela</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1986
name: label: Directed by
content: Peter Davis, British, born 1933
label: Produced by
content: Mable Haddock, American
label: Produced by
content: Peter Davis, British, born 1933
label: Produced by
content: Villon Films, Canadian, founded 1970
label: Narrated by
content: Max Robinson, American, 1939 - 1988
label: Subject of
content: Winnie Mandela, South African, 1936 - 2018
label: Subject of
content: Nelson Mandela, South African, 1918 - 2013
label: Owned by
content: D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
notes: label: Caption
content: This film was a part of the Washington D.C. Public Library's circulating 16mm film collection housed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library. The collection is particularly noted for the wide variety of African American and African diaspora content.
label: Description
content: A documentary film with the title Mandela. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm polyester film with optical sound.
label: Description
content: The film, directed by Peter Davis, co-produced by Peter Davis and Mable Haddock, and narrated by Max Robinson, describes the struggles of Nelson Mandela in Apartheid South Africa through the lens of his then wife Winnie Mandela. It includes interviews with individuals such as Zindiswa Mandela, the Mandelas’ daughter, Paul Joseph, Adelaide Joseph, Adelaide Tambo, and Famita Meer. Additionally, there is archival footage of political speeches, marches and protests.
place: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: South Africa, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Africa
label: Topic
content: Documentary films
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Men
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: DC Public Library Film Collection
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
label: Movement
content: Anti-apartheid movements
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Transferred from the DC Public Library
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.55.91.1a
objectType: label: Type
content: documentaries
label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: color films (visual works)
label: Type
content: feature films
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: polyester film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 50 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 1800 Feet