Following the fall of apartheid, newly elected President Nelson Mandela joins forces with the captain of South Africa's rugby team to unite their racially divided country through the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Release Year: 2009 Runtime: 2h 14m 🎞️ Technical Specifications Resolution: 1080p (Full HD) Codec: x265 / HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding)
Tom Stern’s lighting captures the contrast between the sterile halls of government and the gritty, sweat-soaked intensity of the rugby field.
. While his advisors focus on economics and security, Mandela looks toward a unlikely symbol of unity: the national rugby team. To the black majority, the Springboks are a hated emblem of white supremacy; to the white minority, they are a fading remnant of their heritage. A Captain’s Mission Mandela summons Francois Pienaar