A Letter to Nelson Mandela
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South Africa
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Nelson Mandela’s message of freedom, forgiveness, and reconciliation still inspires people worldwide. Yet for South African filmmaker Khalo Matabane, Mandela’s legacy is far more ambivalent. As someone who came to adulthood after independence, Matabane sees a contemporary South Africa that is still profoundly divided and unequal. Using the conceit of an imaginary letter to Mandela, this deeply personal work questions the price of Mandela’s brokered reconciliation. Matabane’s cinematic diary includes interviews with the Dalai Lama, Henry Kissinger, Colin Powell, Pumla Gqola, Albie Sachs, and Ariel Dorfman, as the filmmaker asks: How should we interpret Mandela’s legacy today?
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