Epic New Featurette, Trailer & Clips For ‘Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom’

THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL’s Justin Chadwick is the man tasked with bringing the epic motion picture spanning the extraordinary life of South African revolutionary Nelson Mandela. The film begins with a look at his childhood in a small rural village, right through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected President of the nation he loved, yet treated him and his people so horrifically in those early years.

Idris Elba portrays the ordinary man who rose to the challenge of his times and triumphed in and intimate portrait of the making of a modern icon. It’s a role that could and the Great Brit his first Oscar nomination given the rave reviews he’s receiving.

Check out this 20 minute featurette looking at the film’s inception along with a new trailer and three more clips.

MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM is due for release in the US on the 29th November and in the UK 3rd January 2014. It co-stars Naomie Harris, Tony Kgoroge, Jamie Bartlett, Riaad Moosa, Terry Pheto and Lindiwe Matshikiza.

Source: Yahoo! Movies/Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory