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THE STATE AGAINST MANDELA AND THE OTHERS

by Nicolas Champeaux and Gilles Porte

FRANCE | 2018 | DOCUMENTARY | ENGLISH | 105'

52' TV VERSION ALSO AVAILABLE

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SYNOPSIS

2018 marks the centenary of Nelson Mandela’s birth.

He seized centre stage during a historic trial in 1963 and 1964.But there were eight others who, like him, faced the death sentence. They too were subjected to pitiless cross-examinations. To a man they stood firm and turned the tables on the state: South Africa's apartheid regime was in the dock.

Recently recovered archival recordings of those hearings transport us back into the thick of the courtroom battles.

PRODUCTION

UFO Production, Rouge International

FRENCH DISTRIBUTOR

UFO Distribution

PHOTOS

FESTIVALS & AWARDS

Cannes International Film Festival

Official Selection

Cairo International Film Festival

Durban International Film Festival

Busan International Film Festival

Festival dei Popoli

Sao Paulo International Film Festival

Festival International du Film Francophone de Tübingen/Stuttgart

Leeds International Film Festival

Films from the South in Oslo

Göteborg Film Festival

Cork Film Festival

Human Rights Film Festival in Lugano

La Orchidea Film Festival

Naju Film Festival

Palestine Cinema Days

Doc#1 Belgrade Documentary Film Festival

Cine ONU Genève

French Film Festival Richmond

Cartagena International Film Festival

South African Film Festival in Australia

Haifa Independent Film Festival

New Zealand International Film Festival

Fantoche International Animation FF

Festival International de cinéma de mémoire commune de Namor

Africa In Motion Film Festival

UK Jewish Film Festival

Human Rights Documentary Film Festival Amnesty International

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