Dec 25,2013
Nelson Mandela is a South African lawyer who joins the African National Congress in the 1940s when the law under the Apartheid systems brutal tyranny proves useless for his people. Forced to abandon peaceful protest for armed resistance after the Sharpeville Massacre, Mandela pays the price when he and his comrades are sentenced to life imprisonment for treason while his wife, Winnie, is abused by the authorities herself. Over the decades in chains, Mandelas spirit is unbowed as his struggle goes on in and beyond his captivity to become an international cause. However, as Winnies determination hardens over the years into a violent ruthlessness, Nelsons own stature rises until he becomes the renowned leader of his movement. That status would be put to the test as his release nears and a way must be found to win a peaceful victory that will leave his country, and all its peoples, unstained.
| nudity | 5/10 One scene of full male nudity (genitals, buttocks) in dimly lit, non-sexual context. No female nudity -- suggested, off-camera female nudity in non-sexual context ( exposed shoulders only). A few passionate embraces between fully clothed adults. Off-camera, implied intercourse. A female prison guard forces a woman to strip naked (only bare shoulders are exposed in shot) and it is strongly implied she is being given a cavity search Some modest inconspicuous cleavage. |
| violence | Some scenes of strong graphic violence, more details below in the spoiler tags. The police and military gun down unarmed civilians including women and children. People hack someone to death with a hatchet, and a man is doused with gasoline and set ablaze. Many bloodied bodies are seen |
| profanity | Racial slurs including "Kaffer" and "boy" are used by whites against blacks. The word "Shit" is used a number of times. 'Fucking' is used once. One religious exclamation is used although barely audible. |
| alcohol | many scenes of smoking. Nelson and is friends visit a nightclub where many people are drinking and smoking. |
| frightening | Some of the violent scenes may frighten young children. Among older viewers, the theme of the film may stir unpleasant memories of the Jim Crow era in the United States, and of the Apartheid era in South Africa. |
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