Movie Review: Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom A story of self-sacrifice, and one mans excruciating journey to heed the call of the people over personal affairs. At 147 mins long, its also quite a stretch, with a draggy start that cumulates in what feels like a hurried closure. Nonetheless, its worth a look if you dont mind documentary-movies with an emotional twist. The legend is born. Long Walk to Freedom premiered in London on 5 December 2013 as a Royal Film Performance, Prince William and Catherine, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were in attendance, along with Mandelas daughters Zindzi and Zenani. The announcement of the death of Nelson Mandela occurred while the film was being screened; William and Kate were immediately informed of Nelsons passing, while producer Anant Singh (alongside Idris Elba) took the stage during the closing credits to inform patrons of Mandelas passing, and held a moment of silence. William made brief comments to the press while exiting the theatre, stating that I just wanted to say it’s extremely sad and tragic news. We were just reminded what an extraordinary and inspiring man Nelson Mandela was. My thoughts and prayers are with him and his family right now. The film was temporarily pulled from theatres in South Africa the next day out of respect, but returned on 7 December 2013. [Source: Wikipedia] rottentomatoes/m/mandela_long_walk_to_freedom/
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