Winnie , is a 2017 South African biographical documentary film directed by Pascale Lamche and produced by Christoph Jörg and Steven Markovitz for Pumpernickel Films, Submarine Films, Big World Cinema.
The film deals with the life of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and her tireless struggle to bring down Apartheid in South Africa. The film was screened as a part of the Human Rights Festival 2019. In the same year, Lamche won the award for the Best Director for International Documentary at Sundance Film Festival. It was also nominated at Africa Movie Academy Awards for Best Documentary.
Cast Winnie Madikizela-Mandela as self Anné-Mariè Bezdrop – author of 'Winnie Mandela: A Life', as self Zindzi Mandela – daughter of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and Nelson Mandela, as self Sophie Mokoena – political editor, South African Broadcasting Corporation, as self Norah Moahloli – resident of Brandfort, as self Anton Harber – former editor of the Weekly Mail, as self Dali Mpofu – lawyer, as self Vic McPherson – former security branch operative of South African Police, as self Niel Barnard – former head of South Africa's National Intelligence Service, as self Teboho Murdoch as self Nelson Mandela – (archive footage) George Bizos – lawyer, as self Henk Heslinga – former chief of police, as self Ishmael Semenya as self
International screening The film has screened in several international film festivals and received positive critical reviews.
USA – 22 January 2017 at Sundance Film Festival USA – 31 May 2017 at Seattle International Film Festival South Africa – 4 June 2017 at Encounters South African International Documentary Festival Australia – 11 June 2017 at Sydney Film Festival Italy – 15 June 2017 at Biografilm Festival Netherlands – 22 June 2017 Israel – 16 July 2017 at Jerusalem Film Festival Australia – 17 August 2017 at Melbourne International Film Festival Canada – 7 October 2017 at Vancouver International Film Festival Poland – 16 October 2017 at Warsaw Film Festival UK – 16 August 2018 at London Feminist Film Festival
References
External links
Winnie on YouTube