| 1998,
84 mins
Featuring Corin Redgrave as Cecil William
Produced and directed by Greta Schiller
Written and researched by Mark Gevisser
Producer Mark Gevisser, Beulah Films, South Africa
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Produced in
Association with Channel Four (UK), AVRO (Netherlands),
SA Broadcasting, VRT-CANVAS (Belgium), Corporation for
Public Broadcasting (USA). The London Production Fund,
the British Film Institute and South African Department
of Arts and Culture
Available in 35mm, Beta, VHS (55 mins & 85 mins
versions) |
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In 1962, at the height of oppression in apartheid South
Africa, a gay white theatre Director was arrested with Nelson
Mandela. His name was Cecil Williams. This is his story.
This film is an unusually revealing portrait of one of the
historic figures behind Nelson Mandela's long struggle for
freedom in South Africa. In the early 60s, Mandela traveled
incognito across South Africa, orgainizing armed rebellion
against the apartheid regime.
Driving a gleaming Austin Westminster, Mandela was disguised
as the chauffeur for an elegant, impeccably dressed white
man. That man was Cecil Williams - a leading Johannesburg
theater director, a committed freedom fighter and a gay man.
Starring Corin Redgrave, "The Man who Drove with Mandela,"
blends dramatized accounts of key incidents in William's life
with archival footage, home movies and contemporary interviews
to tell the story of the personal and political bravery of
a forgotten hero.
Selected Festivals and Awards
Screened at over 50 international festivals, including London,
Vancouver, Sao Paolo, Jerusalem, Seattle, Melbourne. Theatrically
released in Holland, USA, Germany, Spain, New Zealand, and
the UK.
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