South African poet/activist Dennis Brutus dies.

...Gross reported the death of South African poet/activist Dennis Brutus...In the era of South African apartheid, poet Dennis Brutus was...in South Africa's notorious prison on Robben Island. Nelson Mandela...the consequences of his anti-apartheid activism. The government fired him...s government returned him to South African custody. Since no one...spite of the oppression of apartheid. Mr. BRUTUS: This is an...

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"I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul."

...an Historical Drama about President Nelson Mandela after Apartheid. The opening scene brilliant...the dogs. At once, Eastwood and South African writer Anthony Peckham deliver a...South Africans together. Four years later, Mandela is the country's first black...for social instability and political disaster. Mandela hits upon an ambitious plan to... rule -- to grip the new South Africa as the team prepares ...

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10 Top 10s Part 2: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

..."I knew you Prawns were intelligent." District 9 (2009) South Africa; the little English speaking country we Americans know exist, but ignore unless Nelson Mandela is doing something. It's a fresh ... slums. Despite the dilapadated lean-to's, South Africa is exotic, strange and new, and ..., the aliens are an inventive metaphor for Apartheid and culture clashes the world over, combined ...

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Invictus

...elected president of post-Apartheid South Africa, Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman, not just...with an impressively natural Afrikaner accent) Mandela wants to lead the team to...on the bodyguards, particularly to illustrate Mandela's insistence on hiring both ... would have us believe that Mandela brought his nation together through ... specifically to illustrate this idea: Mandela asks Pienaar to take his team...

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[snfc] "Invictus" - Dec 13th

... tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa's rugby team to help unite their country. Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together ... the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's underdog rugby team as...

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non-Lambert related Idol rage

...Jennifer Hudson from playing Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in a new film on ... landed the role of Madikizela-Mandela last month. The film will be directed by South African film-maker Darrell J. ... a drama about Nelson Mandela and South Africa's 1995 rugby ... the rugby team captain. Madikizela-Mandela campaigned tirelessly for her husband'... 27-year imprisonment in the apartheid era. However, her image was ...

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Well, at least it's not Beyonce!

Jennifer Hudson to play Winnie Mandela: LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Oscar-winning ... of the ex-wife of South Africa's first black president,... the script," Hudson said. "Winnie Mandela is a complex and extraordinary ... film will be directed by South African film-maker Darrell J.... Clint Eastwood-directed drama about Nelson Mandela, to be played by...27-year imprisonment in the apartheid era. However her image was...

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Jennifer Hudson Joins "Winnie" Biopic

...Dreamgirls") is set to play Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in the biopic "Winnie" for Equinoxe Films ... the former wife of South Africa's first black president Nelson Mandela. Unlike her ex-husband who has essentially...was a key component in the anti-apartheid struggle, she later fell out of favor... song. Shooting begins May 30th throughout South Africa including Johannesburg, Capetown, Transkei and Robben...

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Jennifer Hudson: still acting

...former wife of South Africa’s first black president, Nelson Mandela. Hudson will...begins production May 30 in the South African locations of Johannesburg, Capt Town...by Darrell J. Roodt, the veteran South African filmmaker whose 2006 film “...for his release and fighting against apartheid. Her image was subsequently tarnished by... the script,” Hudson said. “Winnie Mandela is a complex and extraordinary ...

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Invictus, Avatar, Storm, Nowhere Boy, Cracks

... tells the true story of how Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) joined forces with the captain (Matt Damon) of South Africa's rugby team to help...unite their country. Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and... divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people... universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's underdog rugby team as they make an ...

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