idris elba played nelson mandela in the long walk to freedom.
idris elba played nelson mandela in the long walk to freedom.
who played nelson mandela in the long walk to freedom?
idris elba
mandela: long walk to freedom









































mandela: long walk to freedom is a 2013 british-south african biographical film directed by justin chadwick from a script written by william nicholson and starring idris elba and naomie harris. the film is based on the 1995 autobiographical book "long walk to freedom" by anti-apartheid revolutionary and former south african president nelson mandela.









































section::::plot.









































based on south african president nelson mandela's autobiography of the same name, which chronicles his early life, coming of age, education and 27 years in prison before becoming president of south africa and working to rebuild the country's once segregated society.
mandela: long walk to freedom
langa was brought in to complete the follow-up volume to nelson mandela's 1994 autobiography "long walk to freedom". based on mandela's handwritten notes and a draft left unfinished when mandela died in 2013, as well as archive material and interviews, "" by nelson mandela and mandla langa, with a prologue by graça machel, was published in 2017, its title taken from the closing sentence of "long walk to freedom": "but i can only rest for a moment, for with freedom comes responsibilities, and i dare not linger, for my long walk is not ended."









































section::::awards and honours.
mandla langa