- Directed by
- Davis, Peter, British, born 1933
- Produced by
- Haddock, Mable, American
- Davis, Peter, British, born 1933
- Villon Films, Canadian, founded 1970
- Narrated by
- Robinson, Max, American, 1939 - 1988
- Subject of
- Mandela, Winnie, South African, 1936 - 2018
- Mandela, Nelson, South African, 1918 - 2013
- Owned by
- D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
- Date
- 1986
- Medium
- polyester film
- Dimensions
- Duration: 50 Minutes
- Length (Film): 1800 Feet
- Caption
- This film was a part of the Washington D.C. Public Library's circulating 16mm film collection housed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library. The collection is particularly noted for the wide variety of African American and African diaspora content.
- Description
- A documentary film with the title Mandela. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm polyester film with optical sound.
- The film, directed by Peter Davis, co-produced by Peter Davis and Mable Haddock, and narrated by Max Robinson, describes the struggles of Nelson Mandela in Apartheid South Africa through the lens of his then wife Winnie Mandela. It includes interviews with individuals such as Zindiswa Mandela, the Mandelas’ daughter, Paul Joseph, Adelaide Joseph, Adelaide Tambo, and Famita Meer. Additionally, there is archival footage of political speeches, marches and protests.
- Place used
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- South Africa, Africa
- Collection title
- DC Public Library Film Collection
- Classification
- Time-based Media - Moving Images
- Movement
- Anti-apartheid movements
- Type
- documentaries
- sound films
- color films (visual works)
- feature films
- 16mm (photographic film size)
- Topic
- Activism
- Africa
- Documentary films
- Families
- Film
- Men
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2017.55.91.1a
- Restrictions & Rights
- Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




