The State Against Mandela and the Others

Synopsis

South Africa, July 11th, 1963. Several members of the African National Congress, an organization declared illegal, are arrested in Rivonia, a country house near Johannesburg. The detainees, along with Nelson Mandela, imprisoned since 1962, are charged with serious crimes for their radical activism against the apartheid regime.

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Key crew

• Gilles PorteDirector
• Nicolas ChampeauxDirector
• Gilles PorteWriter
• Nicolas ChampeauxWriter
• Aurélien Godderis-ChouzenouxOriginal Music Composer

Cast

• Ahmed Mohamed 'Kathy' KathradaSelf - Accused
• Andrew MlangeniSelf - Accused
• Denis GoldbergSelf - Accused
• Sylvia NeameSelf - Kathrada's Fiancée (1963)
• Winnie MandelaSelf - Politician
• Quartus de WetSelf - Judge (voice)
• Nelson MandelaSelf - Accused (archive footage)
• Daniël François MalanSelf - Politician (archive footage)
• Hendrik Frensch VerwoerdSelf - Politician (archive footage)
• Johannes Gerhardus StrijdomSelf - Politician (archive footage)
• Paul Oliver SauerSelf - Politician (archive footage)

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