Figures including Morgan Freeman, Malala Yousafzai and Tiger Woods remember the first black president of South Africa
Morgan Freeman, who portrayed Mandela in the 2009 rugby world cup-set film Invictus
"Madiba, as his friends called him, and I became friends back in the 1990s when, during a press conference, he was asked whom he would want to portray him in a film. To my everlasting honour, he mentioned me, and thus began our 20-year relationship ... His only comment after we first screened [Invictus] for him was a humble, 'Now perhaps people will remember me'."
Nadine Gordimer, South African novelist and Nobel prize winner
"In 1979, I wrote a novel, Burger's Daughter, on the theme of the family life of revolutionaries' children, a life ruled by their parents' political faith and the daily threat of imprisonment.
"I don't know how the book, which was banned in South Africa when it was published, was smuggled...
Morgan Freeman, who portrayed Mandela in the 2009 rugby world cup-set film Invictus
"Madiba, as his friends called him, and I became friends back in the 1990s when, during a press conference, he was asked whom he would want to portray him in a film. To my everlasting honour, he mentioned me, and thus began our 20-year relationship ... His only comment after we first screened [Invictus] for him was a humble, 'Now perhaps people will remember me'."
Nadine Gordimer, South African novelist and Nobel prize winner
"In 1979, I wrote a novel, Burger's Daughter, on the theme of the family life of revolutionaries' children, a life ruled by their parents' political faith and the daily threat of imprisonment.
"I don't know how the book, which was banned in South Africa when it was published, was smuggled...
- 12/7/2013
- by Peter Walker
- The Guardian - Film News
Democrats and Republicans shared heartwarming stories of triumph over adversity. In reality, Us social mobility is in decline
There is a famous Monty Python sketch called "Four Yorkshiremen". It portrays tuxedo-wearing men sipping fine red wine, chomping on cigars and eagerly reminiscing about their impoverished childhoods. The conversation quickly turns into a bizarre arm's race of boasting about humble origins when even living in a hole is seen as the height of luxury. Soon, one man is claiming to have grown up "in a lake", prompting one companion to exclaim:
"You were lucky to have a lake! There were a hundred and fifty of us living in t' shoebox in t' middle o' road."
Yet, listening to the endless drum beat of speeches from both the Republican and Democratic conventions in the past week, it seemed they were mimicking the Pythons' finest work. According to their own stories, speaker after...
There is a famous Monty Python sketch called "Four Yorkshiremen". It portrays tuxedo-wearing men sipping fine red wine, chomping on cigars and eagerly reminiscing about their impoverished childhoods. The conversation quickly turns into a bizarre arm's race of boasting about humble origins when even living in a hole is seen as the height of luxury. Soon, one man is claiming to have grown up "in a lake", prompting one companion to exclaim:
"You were lucky to have a lake! There were a hundred and fifty of us living in t' shoebox in t' middle o' road."
Yet, listening to the endless drum beat of speeches from both the Republican and Democratic conventions in the past week, it seemed they were mimicking the Pythons' finest work. According to their own stories, speaker after...
- 9/7/2012
- by Paul Harris
- The Guardian - Film News
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