Invictus: Hollywood Vs. History

There are many movies based on historical events but how many of them are actually accurate? In the movie Invictus it is a movie based on a historical event and person, Nelson Mandela. In this paper I will be researching Nelson Mandela and the events that happened and I will tell if this is Hollywood or History. From the little research that I’ve doing I think this movie is more history than Hollywood.
Nelson Mandela was a leading activist in the fight against apartheid. Mandela fought for 40 years and 27 of it in jail. He was elected for the first black president for there country shortly after apartheid. “Mandela has been an inspirational figure to people around the world-especially to proponents of racial justice and equality.” (Morningside). Apartheid was a political and social system in South Africa. Apartheid was more strict and systematic then racial segregation. The white people were treated more superior as in other races were mistreated. Apartheid ended in the early 1990s and in 1994 was when democratic government formed. “Mandela was such a powerful leader during apartheid that the white minority government considered him a threat to the state, even from prison.” (Nelson
In the movie Invictus it shows Mandela giving a poem to Francois that “ helped sustain him during his long years in jail on Robben Island”. (The Australian). That was false. It is true though that, that poem did provide solace to Nelson on the Island. Mandela did not give Francois the poem. He gave Francois “ Theodore Roosevelt’s The Man in the Arena.” Another false fact is close to the end before a rugby game a plane flys over the stadium. In the movie it says that the guards didn’t actually know the plane was gonna actually fly over but in real life the guards actually did know. The plane flew over the stadium that had a sign that said “ Good luck Bokke”. (South