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Oct. 8, 2009 7:34 PM ET (AP)
Actors: Michael Jackson, Elizabeth Taylor, LaToya Jackson, Nelson Mandela, Princess Diana
Synopsis: This documentary poses a number of theories about the life and career of pop star Michael Jackson, focusing on his final years. Plagued by controversy and media pressure, the film explores the circumstances that collaborated with Jackson's personal demons to create such trouble in his life. Read More
Actors: Pieter-Dirk Uys, Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu
Synopsis: Immediately taken by South African political satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys after witnessing a performance by the polarizing entertainer in Sydney, Australia, then-fifteen year old aspiring filmmaker Julian Shaw approached the outspoken opponent of apartheid and AIDS activist requesting his permission Read More
Synopsis: Lee Hirsch spent nine years putting together the ambitious documentary Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony. The film records the history of music being used as a form of social protest against Apartheid in South Africa. Interviews and archival footage help to tell the tales of figures like Read More
Synopsis: On Saturday, November 29, 2003 at the Green Point Stadium in South Africa, a concert was held that featured over 30 artists banding together to present a wake-up call to the world in the name of Nelson Mandela's prison number to raise awareness of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Contributing artists Read More
Actors: Susan Sontag, Nigel Osborne, Daniel Mermet, Dominque Blain, Nicole Stephane
Actors: Vlasta Vrana
Synopsis: Fidel Castro is one of the world's best known and most recognizable political leaders, but he is also among the most mysterious. While Castro became a household name after overthrowing the rule of Fulgenico Batista and became the head of Cuba's new socialist government, little is known of his Read More
Synopsis: This performance video presents the talented company of the highly acclaimed stage production, Gumboots. The title comes from the boots that black men in South Africa wore to work in the dark and inhumane conditions in the coal mines of South Africa. The oppressive system did not allow speaking; Read More
Synopsis: Nelson Mandela was born in the remote South African village of Qunu; an excellent student, Mandela went on to become a lawyer and then a political activist with the African National Congress, a political party who sought to bring down South Africa's Apartheid regime, in which the minority white Read More
Synopsis: This video presents a look at twentieth century freedom fighter and hero, Nelson Mandela and his inspirational anti-apartheid speeches. Mandela spent 30 years of a life imprisonment sentence for sabotage and conspiracy against the white minority government of South Africa, before being released by Read More
Actors: Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Angela Bassett, Al Freeman, Jr., Delroy Lindo, Albert Hall
Synopsis: Writer-director Spike Lee's epic portrayal of the life and times of the slain civil rights leader Malcolm X begins with the cross-cut imagery of the police beating of black motorist Rodney King juxtaposed with an American flag burning into the shape of the letter X. When the film's narrative Read More
Synopsis: Hatred may play an important role in the human mind. Hatred is explored on a multi-national level and its origins sought. Bill Moyers serves as host. ~ All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: This ABC News special features the first interview granted by Nelson Mandela on his 1990 visit to the United States. Mr. Mandela speaks with Ted Koppel for 71 minutes and answers questions from the studio audience. Topics covered include his 27 years in South Africa's prisons, the struggle against Read More
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