Mandela: The Long Walk to Freedom (2013) 

 

Release Date: December 25, 2013

Director: Justin Chadwick

Writer(s): William Nicholson (screenplay), Nelson Mandela (autobiography) 

Starring: Idris Elba, Naomie Harris

Estimated budget: $35,000,000 

U.S. Box office: $8,323,085

Foreign: $19,010,750

Worldwide: $27,333,835

 

The remarkable life of South African revolutionary, president and world icon Nelson Mandela (Idris Elba) takes center stage. Though he had humble beginnings as a herd boy in a rural village, Mandela became involved in the anti-apartheid movement and co-founded the African National Congress Youth League. His activities eventually led to his imprisonment on Robben Island from 1964 to 1990. In 1994, Mandela became the first president of democratic South Africa.