Mandela and de Klerk
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Movie Reviews of Mandela and de Klerk
Movie Review: Mandela and De Klerk
Summary: 5 Stars
I was "blown away" by the emotion and honesty of this movie! I was so moved that I'm now reading Nelson Mandela's autobiography!Movie Review: The story of how South African whites gave up their political power.
Summary: 4 Stars
WARNING: ABSENSE OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS
"Mandela and De Klerk" does a good job of outlining the official end of apartheid in South Africa. The acting was so-so, and the overall framing of the movie was subpar, but I'm giving the movie 4 stars because there hasn't been much in the cinema on the subject. Have to respect those that fill voids.
And, since the subject matter is so controversial, I want to comment on it. After all, no one is going to watch this film because of the acting or the cinematography.
The blacks of southern Africa were preliterate as the whites first arrived. Whites can ride the inertia of centuries of grand thought (and writing). I'm sorry that there is this imbalance of circumstances. But trying to destroy whites because of this is a manifestation of jealousy. Each of us benefit from our ancestors works, thus some benefit more than others. Each person simply has to work with what they're given to begin with. Turning South Africa into a land only welcoming of black citizens is even more racist than that of white-administered apartheid.
Look at Mandela. He fluently speaks English, Afrikaner (the language spoken at home by many white South Africans), many black African languages, and is more diplomatic than the entire American Department of State. One should rise from merit, not from supposed privilege. If benefits aren't attached to merit, you get the Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) situation of hunger and hatred.
Finally, segregation or apartheid is not inherently wrong. There have been down the ages many people of many different races supporting the separation of races. People separate themselves to compartmentalize socieites, whether by race, religion, economic status, or what not. Stratification of society is as natural as humanity itself. The first day there are no perceived differences between people will be the first day in tens of thousands of years that there are no people.
Good luck to the whites of South Africa. The violence and hatred you now face is the result of jealousy and senses of entitlement from the majority. Just because one is in the majority doesn't mean one is entitled to a privileged position.
Don't move from SA because of labels of "colonialists" or "imperialists." After generations of citizenship, your life cannot be that of colonialism or imperialism or the like. SA is your home as much as England is the home to a third generation Indian or America the home to a 16th generation white.
Movie Review: Best Documentary-Drama about Nelson Mandela so far.
Summary: 4 Stars
I have not figured out, why someone like Spike Lee ,has not done a film about Nelson Mandela yet.He could have cast Morgan Freeman.He was in the excellent short film ,'Death of a Prophet'(1972),about the remaining days of Malcolm X's life.This film ,'Mandela and deKlerk',is above average.But, would have done better if it had stayed true with his autobiographical story,'The Long Walk to Freedom'.I saw the deKlerk role as a filler and the film focusing less on Mandela's political struggle and search for equal justice.The long walk to freedom is not just Mandela's personal struggle and for his Afrikan people but all just people of the world.Let's hope another film takes a closer look at Nelson Mandela's story and credo.Before history repeats itself.Movie Review: Mandela's South Africa...
Summary: 4 Stars
Although the movie gave me great insight into the turbulent times of the struggle of aparthied, I wish the movie could have done more to portray the multilayered conflicts that surrounded race relations in South Africa during this time. I also felt as if the ending could have continued into what Mandela did next after becoming President of South Africa.