FINALLY A LOCAL ACTOR TO STAR AS NELSON MANDELA

Sello Motloung to star as Nelson Mandela in new film. PICTURE: Web
FINALLY a local actor will play the role of former president Nelson Mandelain a film.

The role which has seen mostly international stars being cast as Mandela due to "marketing purposes of films", will see local actor Sello Motloung being the second local to star in the lead role in a production An Act of Defiance.

Motloung is said to be using the facilities at the Nelson Mandela Foundation to prepare for his role as Nelson Mandela.
““There's no better place to visit for in-depth research on the man and his journey.
“I wanted a source where I would immerse myself completely in the man's journey. And what better place than the Foundation and it's fulfilling resources,” said the actor.

The flick is a South Africa-Netherlands co-production that focuses on Bram Fischer, the lead defense advocate for Mandela and his co-accused during the trial. It ended after about nine months on 13 June 1964 with eight of them being sentence to life imprisonment.
Sello Motloung at the Nelson Mandela Foundation. PICTURE: NMF
The Foundation assisted Motloung by providing access to audio recordings of the famous ‘Speech from the Dock’ delivered on 20 April 1964 during the Rivonia Trial. Mandela’s 176-minute speech opened the defence case in the sabotage trial.

Actors who have played the anti-apartheid revolutionary character include Danny Glover in 1987's Mandela, Dennis Haysbert in Goodbye Bafana (2007), and Terrence Howard in this year's Winnie Mandela, about Mandela's controversial ex-wife. Locally actor Atandwa Kani was the first actor to score a cameo role of young Mandela in Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom, a role which was dominated by Idris Elba while actor Tumisho Masha was second performer although he held a lead role in Mandela’s Guns. - additional info from NMF
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa

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