All language subtitles for madiba_s01e02_troublemaker_and_defiance_2

The African National Congress needs
educated people. Where do I sign up?

The movement is what is going to help
our children.

The children that you never see.

Tell me, one day you will be father and
son united in this struggle.

Arrest the leaders, all of them. We have
a warrant for your arrest.

Shut your mouth, Gaffer.

You're in my yard.

We will get out of this, my friends.
This is not how our struggle ends.

I have been asked many times how I was
able to keep going in spite of

all of the difficulties of my life.

Passion, love, I found it again.

In the midst of my despair, she was
there.

A wife who came to understand my
greatest love was my people, our

She shared that with me, our fight for
liberation.

But it seemed a fight that was going
nowhere.

After four years, my comrades and I were
still on trial for treason.

My life had become grim routine.

I was not yet in prison, but I was not
yet free.

And I was still unwelcome in my own
country.

What do we have here?

A fleet -footed keffer? Aye, stop.

Good morning, officer.

How may I help you? No, no, no. You
don't call me officer. You call me boss.

Let me see your pass.

It's Nelson Mandela.

Aren't you supposed to be on trial for
treason?

All of the accused are free on bail for
the duration of the trial.

Early morning is the only time I can get
exercise.

Boss.

You know what I do to cheeky cafes like
you?

I take you into the bush and I put a
bullet through your head.

You're lucky.

White people in South Africa, we believe
in following the rule of law.

Oliver. Nelson!

The great athlete.

How's it? It's good.

How's Winnie and the family? They are
well, well.

So, you did not run here just to say
hello, huh? No, no. Already you have so

many of them lined up out there. So many
new laws.

And so few black lawyers.

I'm sorry, my friend, that you had to
take on such a heavy load with me still

being on trial.

I'm lucky they dropped the charges
against me.

My burden is not as heavy as yours.

I miss you, Oliver, and this place.

I can't wait till I get back.

You're not ever coming back.

We both know that.

If they do not convict you, they will
try and try again until they succeed.

If I am acquitted, I will have to go
underground. It is the only way that I

continue in this struggle.

You cannot wage a struggle for freedom
while you are in prison.

A favor to ask.

Can you see this kid for me?

Hepatophane's the usual.

Oh, I don't know, Oliver. Ah, come on,
Nelson.

All right.

I will take a look.

Thank you.

Ah,

come.

We'll get Nelson today.

Miss, you can sit here.

I was arrested.

Because I don't have a pass.

But I can only get a pass if I have a
job.

So what am I supposed to do?

As soon as I go out there to find work,
I get arrested.

Because you don't have a pass.

Tell me.

I have this girl I want to marry.

Her name is Nandi.

Does she want to marry you?

How can she?

When I don't even have a job.

I was listening to that.

Maybe you should join forces.

ANC and PSP. Do more with the United
Front. The PSP's vision is different

ours. They want to exclude white,
Indian, coloreds from the struggle.

They are clever.

The past protest was our idea. They are
strategic.

They are opportunistic.

Well, turning off the radio won't stop
the protest today.

Yes.

The bloody trial is really putting a
strain on our law practice.

It has almost been for you.

The people want to see change.

They want action.

Let them wait.

The treason bus waits for no man.

Good morning, comrade.

Good morning, Nelson.

Day 1399.

It's not a joke anymore. Day 1399 is the
day we're going to be humiliated by the

king.

They've called their protest a week
before ours.

For one week. Yes, to make us look slow
and stupid.

to travel in our homeland.

Now we have promised a peaceful march,
but our demands are non -negotiable.

Abolish the past laws now.

We will stand our ground until we hear
from Pretoria.

The future of Africa must be what
Africans make it.

in Nelson.

Sobuwa is saying all the things that the
people want to hear.

Maybe they don't want this multi -party,
multi -racial, passive resistance.

They don't want clever colored lawyers
and rich white communists to be on their

side. That's why the PAC is growing so
much. Ruth,

Joe, come sit here by me and Duma.

Okay with you two? You're scared we'll
infect you.

Africa for Africans, that is what the
people want to hear. That is why they

joining the PAC.

The question is, Duma, do you want to
join us? Because you are too intelligent

for the PAP rhetoric.

Because you don't want the struggle for
justice for all to turn into a primitive

civil war between black people, colored
people, white people, because you

understand we are all Africans.

Sometimes you have to hold on to what
you believe in and be patient.

I want to troublemaker talk.

Isn't it enough that we have this...

Red communist and black leaders on trial
for treason. This PAC or ANC, whatever

you call them, they must be eliminated.

Use everything at our disposal.

Don't spare any expense.

Chief Sotuli, as president of the ANC,
is the use of violence a tactic employed

by your organization?

The use of violence would be almost
national suicide.

Because of my Christian leanings, I
would hesitate to be a party to

You say hesitate.

Would not condemn it outright?

The ANC believes that progress is
achieved through dialogue.

The accused believe, as I believe, that
one day the African people and the white

man... Must talk.

Otherwise, where is the hope for any of
us?

Colonel. Lieutenant.

See any weapons?

Only umbrellas.

There's more than umbrellas.

Yes, sir.

Mr.

Mandela, is it fair to say that you play
a significant role in the African

National Congress?

We are a democratic body under the
presidency of Chief Lutuli.

Will you confirm that all the accused
here are members of the ANC?

Why ask me?

All of them have already said as much.

But would you agree that the purpose of
the ANC is to overthrow the government?

No. The purpose of the ANC is to reform
the government.

Load five rounds.

Is the BBC worth it?

In the township of Sharpeville in South
Africa, a violent clash between police

and protesters.

Policemen encountered an angry mob of
thousands.

Police say they were forced to open fire
on the violent and illegal protest led

by the Pan -Africanist Congress against
the new pass laws.

69 dead.

More than 150 wounded.

I say no apology.

We commend the police for their bravery.
We declare martial law and stop this

now. Tomorrow the eyes of the world will
be upon us. I think we need to proceed

with great caution.

You understand, right there by
Sharpeville,

we signed a treaty of our defeat by the
British nearly 60 years

ago.

I've forgotten that. We must never
forget.

Today is the sign from the Lord, a
reminder

that we must never risk humiliation and

extermination again.

We must always remember our sacred duty.

We will fight for our existence.

We must keep our people safe.

You, lawyer.

What did you tell him? What did you say
about the past, Lord?

Solomon was such a good boy.

No trouble.

He just wanted to work.

You put ideas in his head.

Send him to protest.

I am so sorry.

We can't let the PAC draw us into a
street fight. It's too dangerous.

It's fine. I hear you, but I think we
should take some action.

The PAC is split from us because all we
ever do is talk. Nonsense. They want

civil war. They want division between
blacks and whites and colored and

Look, whatever we think of them morally,
we have no choice but to make a stand.

For God's sake, we all agree on that,
but we must make a decision.

I don't think we should argue amongst
ourselves.

Yes, you are right. But what are we
going to do?

Stand here drinking? I can't do that
anymore.

Every fiber of my being tells me that we
cannot respond to this violence with

more passive resistance.

The PAC has shown great courage. No
matter what we think of their strategy,

this crisis, we must support them.

Those people.

were shot in the back as they ran. Men,
women, children.

It was murder.

But nonviolence has always been our path
from the start. And I am not ready to

abandon it.

Neither is our president, Chief Lutuli.

And as far as I know, neither is the
PAC.

We will call for a national day of
mourning for the victims of Sharpeville.

We will call for strikes.

that close factories and empty the
fields.

We will call for marches that bring the
cities to a standstill and dare them to

strike us down.

The PAC was demonstrating the PACE laws.

I will make my own small act of
solidarity with the PAC by burning my

public in front of the press.

I know Douma has been longing to burn
his PACE in public for years.

I have one other proposal.

We agreed.

Vervoet will attack.

He will attempt to silence us with
incarceration, execution or

Therefore, we need a voice that he
cannot silence.

A voice that people know and respect.

A voice that can speak from the safety
of another country.

I see you are looking at me, Nalena.

Yes.

Who else?

I will miss you.

Very much.

I would like to make a gesture of
support for Robert Sabukwe and the PAC

banning this most hated passbook, which
makes me a foreigner in my own country,

and a gesture of the deepest sympathy
for the friends and

families of those whose lives were
sacrificed in the cause of freedom, our

freedom.

This is my passbook, which I am supposed
to carry everywhere.

So they will know who I am, where I am
from.

I am a South African from South Africa.

I have the right to travel in my own
country.

This is all they need to know.

You have set fire to a lot more than
your passbook.

It's getting dangerous out there.

I think you and Zanani should stay
inside.

I need to go and look in on my other
children.

Of course.

They will be at Walter's tomorrow.

Tomorrow is Sunday.

It's our only day together.

I won't stay long.

It is only right that you see your other
children.

I want you to go.

The struggle, your comrades, your other
family.

If everyone gets a piece of you, what is
left?

I'll be there as soon as I give my job
notice and I pack up our things.

By then we will have arranged a route
for you.

Are you sure you will be okay?

I hate being separated from you.

I will call you as soon as I'm over the
border.

Don't worry.

I will be safe.

You can't sleep, my dear.

Is it that bad?

They had audacity to burn the passes for
the first time. They coordinated a

nationwide strike.

Our country's on fire.

It will pass.

It always does.

No. Not that time.

We are considering a state of emergency.

A new loss.

You must get some sleep so you can wake
up refreshed and look after all your

people.

Come to bed.

All right, you two.

Let this old man catch his breath.

Come and sit down, old man.

I'll be a Tina.

These little ones are really happy to
see you.

Yes. Thank you, my dear.

Go with your mother.

What's that?

The children are growing up strong,
Nelson.

And how is their mother?

All things being considered, my cousin
as well.

You know, when we were first married, I
thought that Evelyn and I would be

together forever.

And then?

And then all of this, all that our lives
have become, I am already starting to

make Winnie worry, too.

But you, Walter, and Albertina,

your home, your children, you have

held it all together. You are happy.

What is the secret, I wonder?

There is the cause.

And there is family.

Your duty is to both.

Remember this, Madiba.

If not for them, for you.

Come, Tata.

All right, Bagat.

You are the boss.

And I must go soon.

I don't want you to go home yet. I will
come around again very soon.

Do you and Mama hate each other? Mama
too.

It's all right, Tim.

No, my son.

We will always be in each other's
hearts, your mother and I.

And we both love you very much.

Am I old enough to come with you to one
of your meetings, Dada?

Someday, Tim.

But at the moment...

You need to go to school and study.

Remember, you are the man of the house
now.

I'm even wearing your old trousers,
Tata.

I see, and you are wearing them well.

You are a good man, my son.

All right, Miss Kemp.

Come, help me give hugs to Albertina
before we go. Let's go, let's go.

This is the BBC World Service.

In South Africa today...

The main opposition parties, the Pan
-African Congress and the African

Congress, have both been declared legal
organizations.

I need to see your warrant. You don't
need one.

Not anymore.

Everything will be alright.

Everything will be alright.

Yes, sir.

Thank you.

I hope your accommodation suits you.

My place is just a block away.

I think this is going to take a bit of a
task.

Let's get you settled.

I have to call in a list of embassies
you want to visit.

Hello,

sir.

Walter.

Duma. Duma.

It's quite a party.

Everyone is here. Yes, what are the
charges now? Whatever new law they came

with this morning.

Nelson Mandel.

Rootsabukwe.

The P .A .C.

thanks you for your support.

And the ANC thanks you for yours.

Ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the
Witwatersrand Agricultural Society, I am

delighted to welcome you all here today
to the official opening of our union

exposition. And I'm especially delighted
that we have with us the Prime

Minister, Mr. H .F. Verhoogt.

Have you heard the news?

What news?

Somebody shot Verwoerdt.

Two bullets in the head.

Is he dead?

No, both bullets with the brain,
unsurprisingly.

Who shot him? Some white farmer who
doesn't like apartheid.

Imagine that. I doubt that they will
declare him insane.

Thank God he wasn't black.

What is Verwoerdt's condition?

Critical. So it's out.

Habeas corpus has been suspended.

We're living in a police state.

You are now all members of a banned
organization.

Anything.

Anything that you say testifying in your
own trial that could be interpreted as

furthering the cause of the ANC will
expose you to further potential

imprisonment.

My hands are tied. It is impossible for
us to construct a defense.

The state has made access extremely
difficult.

We could withdraw and protest.

It's not much, but at least it's some
kind of stand.

How many lawyers are there amongst us?
You, me, and Joe.

Then we conduct our own defense until
they lift the state of emergency.

And what if it doesn't get lifted? We
keep it going until it is.

Yes? We could cross -examine every
witness in turn by every other

Might work.

We could go on with this for years.

At some point, the state of emergency
would have to be lifted. Yeah. They want

us to hang for these prison charges if
we want to stay alive.

We must play against them using their
own rules.

We will stay alive.

So, what are you saying, Deputy Prime
Minister?

In the past few weeks, we have put 19
,000 people in prison. When does it

This separate development, this
apartheid model is not the right path

country anymore.

Our duty is to remain consistent with
the policies of this government in this

time of crisis.

The international community is turning
on us. You saw how critical the British

PM was when he visited this year, and
now the Americans are speaking out. And

with the Asian and African countries
joining in, we risk isolation.

There's talk of economic pressure,
sanctions.

Paul, you cannot build domestic policies
based on fear.

It's all well and good listening to
these people from abroad.

But they do not live here. This is not
fear. It's pragmatism.

We have to see where this is all
heading.

Now, as acting Prime Minister, I have a
duty to every living soul in this

country, not just the whites.

And I thought we were all blue skies and
big game safaris over there.

The inhumanity in your government breeds
such hatred.

Thank God the British Prime Minister is
condemned to partake.

Yes, but we still have a lot more to do.

Come. The gentleman who sold me this
paper...

thinks we are a nation of blue skies and
happy black people, no doubt.

Oliver, you have to understand, all the
images coming out of South Africa

feature wonderful wild animals, sunsets,
Tarzan's loyal natives.

It is hard to believe the propaganda has
been so effective.

The government's campaign has been quite
successful, selling racial separation

through arts, politics, even sports.

And they promote that message
internationally as well.

Do you have that list of embassies I
asked for?

I think I should talk to trade unions
and members of parliament as well.

It's wonderful to see you alive.

As some say, it's a sign from above.

Have a seat.

I understand you recently made some
remarks to the fact that we might need

reconsider our policy about separate
development.

and that apart they may not be the path
we should take.

I must tell you, at this time, it's more
necessary than

ever to keep the races apart.

Do you understand me?

Of course. Forgive me, Prime Minister.

Listen, sir, and what's the situation?

The accused have begun to defend
themselves.

They all question each other endlessly
about everything.

It's a delaying tactic.

Will we get a verdict before the end of
the year?

At this rate, Prime Minister, we won't
get a verdict before the end of the

century. Let them delay.

Let them put the court to sleep.

We have a referendum to win an election
in October.

And by then, everything must be back to
normal. People won't vote for a republic

at Warwick.

We must be in control.

Good news.

State of emergency has been lifted.

Peace and harmony.

Just in time for the National Party's
vote.

And the governor's agreed to let you out
of here on weekends to close up the

affairs of the law office.

This whole thing is beginning to feel
like Alice in Wonderland written by

Kafka.

Do I get to sleep at home, too?

No. You have to spend the night in
prison in Joburg.

But, uh...

Don't forget to look into the window of
the shop next to your office.

You know that lady, Mr. Mandela?

Yes, that is my wife and daughter.

Um, better go to your office to open the
door.

Check if it's safe for you to go inside.

That is if you'll trust me with your
key.

How did you know?

Oh, good word that you'll be here.

I thought it was worth taking a chance.

Just to wait and see if I could see you.

There is someone else waiting for you
too.

No.

Darling.

I am due at the end of the year.

That is wonderful.

What? I wonder if we'll ever be able to
hold our new baby.

The verdict may be in soon.

They have yet to prove their case.

You see, it's still possible to believe
in the rule of law. You don't have to be

positive.

Nelson, you should run.

Now.

The ANC will look after you.

We can move abroad like Olive and
Adelaide.

I will not try to run, my love. I will
not try to escape.

I gave that sergeant my word.

He trusts me.

This is why I love you.

as large crowds gather to welcome
dignitaries for a celebration of South

Africa's independence from the United
Kingdom.

Congratulations, gentlemen, to our new
republic.

Free of interference from the British
Commonwealth, the Queen and Macmillan's

winds of change.

God bless our Republic of South Africa.

Republic of South Africa!

The final hours before the verdict were
the longest.

After all this time, after all our
struggle,

my heart was full of fear and doubt.

What will become of me?

My family.

My country.

You know, all those years

ago, when we first met, I said to
myself, this young man is a

godsend.

Whatever happens in this trial now,

I know that one day you will be our
leader.

Thank you, Walter.

Silence in the court. All rise.

The verdict in this trial for treason...

It is as follows.

We, the judges, accept that the African
National Congress has been working to

replace the government of South Africa
with a radically different form of

We also accept that the ANC used illegal
means of protest.

Finally, we accept that the movement has
a strong left -wing tendency, which is

both anti -West

and pro -Soviet.

On the evidence presented to the court,
however, it is impossible for us to

accept that the ANC is in itself a
communist organization.

But the crux of this trial is and has
always been this question.

Have these members of the ANC before the
court been attempting to overthrow the

state of South Africa by violent means?

The judges find unanimously that the
prosecution has failed to make

this case.

We therefore find all the accused not
guilty.

They could re -arrest you at any moment.
We need to move.

I have to go.

We will see each other again soon.

Were they taking you, Mrs. Mandela?

I wish I knew.

Don't you worry, Mrs. Mendele.

We'll find him for you.