Nelson Mandela Outline
Tayson, Christine Marie J.
BSIT II-1
I. Title: Invictus
II. Characters: * * Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela * Matt Damon as Francois Pienaar * Julian Lewis Jones as Etienne Feyder[4] * Adjoa Andoh as Brenda Mazibuko * Patrick Mofokeng as Linga Moonsamy * Matt Stern as Hendrick Booyens * Marguerite Wheatley as Nerine Winter * Leleti Khumalo as Mary * McNiel Hendriks as Chester Williams, * Scott Eastwood as Joel Stransky * Zak Feaunati as Jonah Lomu * Grant L. Roberts as Ruben Kruger * Rolf E. Fitschen as Naka Drotske * Vaughn Thompson as Rudolph Straeuli * Charl Engelbrecht as Garry Pagel * Graham Lindemann as Kobus Wiese * Sean Cameron Michael as Springbok Equipment …show more content…
Four years later, Mandela is elected the first black President of South Africa. His presidency faces enormous challenges in the post-Apartheid era, including rampant poverty and crime. Mandela is particularly concerned about racial divisions between black and white South Africans, which could lead to violence. The ill will which both groups hold towards each other is seen even in his own security detail where relations between the established white officers, who had guarded Mandela's predecessors, and the black ANC additions to the security detail, are frosty and marked by mutual distrust.Mandela was elected President of South Africa marks a radical change in the country. This change away from apartheid will not be easy for anyone in the country, but Mandela has to figure out how to galvanize the residents of the country together. Because of his love of the game, Mandela places his support behind the Springboks, the national rugby …show more content…
He remarks that he did the same while imprisoned on Robben Island. Knowing that South Africa is set to host the 1995 Rugby World Cup in one year's time, Mandela convinces a meeting of the newly black-dominated South African Sports Committee to support the Springboks. He then meets with the captain of the Springboks rugby team, François Pienaar (Matt Damon), and implies that a Springboks victory in the World Cup will unite and inspire the nation. Mandela also shares with François a British poem, "Invictus“ that had inspired him during his time in prison. François and his teammates train. Many South Africans, both black and white, doubt that rugby will unite a nation torn apart by some 50 years of racial tensions. For many blacks, especially the radicals, the Springboks symbolise white supremacy. Both Mandela and Pienaar, however, stand firmly behind their theory that the game can successfully unite the South African
BSIT II-1
I. Title: Invictus
II. Characters: * * Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela * Matt Damon as Francois Pienaar * Julian Lewis Jones as Etienne Feyder[4] * Adjoa Andoh as Brenda Mazibuko * Patrick Mofokeng as Linga Moonsamy * Matt Stern as Hendrick Booyens * Marguerite Wheatley as Nerine Winter * Leleti Khumalo as Mary * McNiel Hendriks as Chester Williams, * Scott Eastwood as Joel Stransky * Zak Feaunati as Jonah Lomu * Grant L. Roberts as Ruben Kruger * Rolf E. Fitschen as Naka Drotske * Vaughn Thompson as Rudolph Straeuli * Charl Engelbrecht as Garry Pagel * Graham Lindemann as Kobus Wiese * Sean Cameron Michael as Springbok Equipment …show more content…
Four years later, Mandela is elected the first black President of South Africa. His presidency faces enormous challenges in the post-Apartheid era, including rampant poverty and crime. Mandela is particularly concerned about racial divisions between black and white South Africans, which could lead to violence. The ill will which both groups hold towards each other is seen even in his own security detail where relations between the established white officers, who had guarded Mandela's predecessors, and the black ANC additions to the security detail, are frosty and marked by mutual distrust.Mandela was elected President of South Africa marks a radical change in the country. This change away from apartheid will not be easy for anyone in the country, but Mandela has to figure out how to galvanize the residents of the country together. Because of his love of the game, Mandela places his support behind the Springboks, the national rugby …show more content…
He remarks that he did the same while imprisoned on Robben Island. Knowing that South Africa is set to host the 1995 Rugby World Cup in one year's time, Mandela convinces a meeting of the newly black-dominated South African Sports Committee to support the Springboks. He then meets with the captain of the Springboks rugby team, François Pienaar (Matt Damon), and implies that a Springboks victory in the World Cup will unite and inspire the nation. Mandela also shares with François a British poem, "Invictus“ that had inspired him during his time in prison. François and his teammates train. Many South Africans, both black and white, doubt that rugby will unite a nation torn apart by some 50 years of racial tensions. For many blacks, especially the radicals, the Springboks symbolise white supremacy. Both Mandela and Pienaar, however, stand firmly behind their theory that the game can successfully unite the South African