1 00:00:00,078 --> 00:00:01,968 _ 2 00:00:02,003 --> 00:00:04,805 The African National Congress needs educated people. 3 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:06,211 Where do I sign up? 4 00:00:08,059 --> 00:00:09,455 Arrest the leaders. All of them. 5 00:00:09,490 --> 00:00:13,130 We need a voice that can speak from the safety of another country. 6 00:00:13,165 --> 00:00:15,135 We have a warrant for your arrest. 7 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:17,070 - In this charter... - Is the use of violence 8 00:00:17,105 --> 00:00:19,274 a tactic employed by your organization? 9 00:00:19,309 --> 00:00:21,744 Violence would be almost suicidal. 10 00:00:21,779 --> 00:00:24,797 Those people were shot in the back as they ran. 11 00:00:24,863 --> 00:00:26,030 It was murder. 12 00:00:28,068 --> 00:00:28,959 Somebody shot Verwoerd. 13 00:00:28,994 --> 00:00:31,168 Both bullets missed the brain... unsurprisingly. 14 00:00:31,225 --> 00:00:33,299 Thembe, one day we'll be father and son, 15 00:00:33,341 --> 00:00:34,542 united in the struggle. 16 00:00:34,589 --> 00:00:38,168 The judges find all the accused Not Guilty. 17 00:00:38,203 --> 00:00:39,930 They could re-arrest you at any moment. 18 00:00:40,004 --> 00:00:41,258 We need to move you. 19 00:00:45,461 --> 00:00:46,745 _ 20 00:01:02,309 --> 00:01:04,719 _ 21 00:01:13,438 --> 00:01:14,911 We have to move you! 22 00:01:40,547 --> 00:01:44,318 If you struggle, you will be arrested. 23 00:01:48,492 --> 00:01:52,635 If you stand your ground, you will be arrested! 24 00:02:20,602 --> 00:02:23,439 Nobody's gonna look for the Black Pimpernel in this White suburb. 25 00:02:24,012 --> 00:02:25,954 You'll be safe here. 26 00:02:26,755 --> 00:02:28,041 Thank you, Wolfie. 27 00:02:30,285 --> 00:02:32,552 Well, you must be exhausted. 28 00:02:32,587 --> 00:02:33,864 I'll set up here on the couch. 29 00:02:33,899 --> 00:02:35,279 You take my bed. 30 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:39,197 I am not going to take your bed. 31 00:02:39,918 --> 00:02:42,064 - You're double my height. - Exactly. 32 00:02:42,141 --> 00:02:44,138 And you still wish to fight me about this? 33 00:02:51,619 --> 00:02:53,546 I cannot keep going like this. 34 00:02:54,245 --> 00:02:56,677 We cannot keep asking people to strike, 35 00:02:56,743 --> 00:03:00,646 only to end up defenseless, in front of a firing squad. 36 00:03:00,772 --> 00:03:01,794 Eh? 37 00:03:02,415 --> 00:03:04,330 Something has to change. 38 00:03:09,222 --> 00:03:10,965 - _ - The man is charging around the country, 39 00:03:11,046 --> 00:03:14,587 at will, organizing mass civil disturbance. 40 00:03:15,356 --> 00:03:17,437 I promise, Prime Minister, we're doing everything we can. 41 00:03:18,545 --> 00:03:20,234 We have an army and we still can't find him? 42 00:03:20,269 --> 00:03:22,525 We are infiltrating the ANC, sir. 43 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:26,139 In fact, we're learning that their old rivalry with the PAC has reignited. 44 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:29,723 With any luck, their infighting should actually work in our favor. 45 00:03:29,758 --> 00:03:31,839 Let me make it absolutely clear. 46 00:03:32,529 --> 00:03:36,278 Mandela is attempting to organize general strikes. 47 00:03:36,313 --> 00:03:39,073 And if he succeeds, it will cause our economy, 48 00:03:39,147 --> 00:03:42,619 and confidence in our government, a great deal of disturbance. 49 00:03:42,950 --> 00:03:46,473 And whatever else he is doing, he makes us look foolish. 50 00:03:46,528 --> 00:03:49,176 Worse! He makes us look incompetent. 51 00:04:05,579 --> 00:04:08,451 So, I guess we're in business. 52 00:04:08,899 --> 00:04:11,533 Yeah, this Mandela's a slippery bastard. 53 00:04:11,853 --> 00:04:14,176 He's a clever kaffir. 54 00:04:14,797 --> 00:04:17,891 Never underestimate American Intelligence. 55 00:04:17,926 --> 00:04:19,474 I will find your man. 56 00:04:36,933 --> 00:04:39,911 Rest assured, we weren't followed. 57 00:04:39,961 --> 00:04:41,352 Thank you, Cecil. 58 00:04:45,971 --> 00:04:47,533 The strike has failed. 59 00:04:47,568 --> 00:04:49,415 - Then we try again. - We persist. 60 00:04:49,467 --> 00:04:51,308 Giving up is exactly what they want us to do. 61 00:04:51,343 --> 00:04:53,483 No one is talking about giving up. 62 00:04:53,518 --> 00:04:56,883 But our entire strategy needs to be reformed. 63 00:04:56,956 --> 00:04:59,420 But we've developed this campaign very carefully. 64 00:04:59,455 --> 00:05:01,600 We can't keep asking people who are already poor 65 00:05:01,635 --> 00:05:04,324 to stay away from work while they grow poorer 66 00:05:04,401 --> 00:05:05,637 and they see no progress. 67 00:05:05,672 --> 00:05:08,474 We can't keep setting them up to be arrested 68 00:05:08,525 --> 00:05:09,568 or killed for their efforts. 69 00:05:09,603 --> 00:05:12,390 Any action we undertake will be met with overwhelming force. 70 00:05:12,425 --> 00:05:15,291 What, exactly, are you suggesting then? 71 00:05:16,556 --> 00:05:18,669 I need to speak with the press. 72 00:05:19,311 --> 00:05:20,544 Uh... 73 00:05:22,956 --> 00:05:26,917 There are many people who feel that, uh, 74 00:05:27,472 --> 00:05:31,630 it is useless and futile to continue to talk peace 75 00:05:31,665 --> 00:05:37,538 and nonviolence against a government whose only reply 76 00:05:37,573 --> 00:05:40,380 is savage attacks against unarmed, defenseless people. 77 00:05:40,426 --> 00:05:43,172 If Prime Minister Verwoerd's government does not give you 78 00:05:43,207 --> 00:05:45,439 the kind of concessions that you want, 79 00:05:46,161 --> 00:05:49,188 is there any likelihood that the ANC would turn to violence? 80 00:05:49,462 --> 00:05:53,517 I think the time has come for us to consider whether or not 81 00:05:53,552 --> 00:05:57,590 the methods we have applied so far are adequate. 82 00:05:57,828 --> 00:05:58,792 What the Africans want... 83 00:05:58,893 --> 00:06:00,503 Did you know he was going to say that? 84 00:06:00,538 --> 00:06:03,428 I didn't know he was going to say that on camera. 85 00:06:03,529 --> 00:06:06,065 We want political independence. 86 00:06:07,584 --> 00:06:09,654 _ 87 00:06:26,181 --> 00:06:27,386 Hello, Oliver. 88 00:06:27,483 --> 00:06:28,418 How are you? 89 00:06:28,521 --> 00:06:30,223 I am well. 90 00:06:30,304 --> 00:06:31,505 And you? 91 00:06:31,679 --> 00:06:32,720 Coping. 92 00:06:33,559 --> 00:06:35,705 I cannot imagine this... 93 00:06:35,740 --> 00:06:37,330 strain on you. 94 00:06:37,466 --> 00:06:40,276 Thank you. I appreciate your concern. 95 00:06:40,795 --> 00:06:43,548 But that's not what this conversation is about. 96 00:06:43,587 --> 00:06:45,457 So, you don't agree with me? 97 00:06:45,492 --> 00:06:47,403 Whatever I may or may not think 98 00:06:47,438 --> 00:06:52,284 about a violent campaign, you decided unilaterally 99 00:06:52,319 --> 00:06:55,724 to abandon the ANC's principle all on your own. 100 00:06:55,759 --> 00:06:57,727 I decided no such thing. 101 00:06:57,762 --> 00:06:59,786 Nelson! You said... 102 00:06:59,886 --> 00:07:02,063 What I said was a statement of fact. 103 00:07:02,098 --> 00:07:02,966 There are people who fear... 104 00:07:03,001 --> 00:07:04,976 Do not argue semantics with me. 105 00:07:05,011 --> 00:07:05,970 You were not in a court of law. 106 00:07:06,005 --> 00:07:09,038 You were talking to a journalist, to the world, 107 00:07:09,092 --> 00:07:11,666 to the people I am trying to get support from. 108 00:07:11,841 --> 00:07:15,499 And what they saw was one of the leading voices of the ANC 109 00:07:15,534 --> 00:07:17,375 abandoning, without consultation, 110 00:07:17,410 --> 00:07:19,308 the principle of nonviolence, 111 00:07:19,563 --> 00:07:23,213 to which the ANC has been committed to for 40 years. 112 00:07:23,974 --> 00:07:26,776 And now what I want to know is this: 113 00:07:26,811 --> 00:07:30,562 what are we supposed to do to stop the ANC from splintering, 114 00:07:30,597 --> 00:07:33,079 from the crack you have initiated? 115 00:07:33,114 --> 00:07:35,015 Chief Luthuli has summoned us. 116 00:07:35,591 --> 00:07:38,541 I will convince them that this is the only way. 117 00:07:46,252 --> 00:07:48,762 I need your support, Oliver. 118 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:56,515 - _ - We've been fighting this for years. For years! 119 00:07:56,550 --> 00:08:00,033 My commitment to nonviolence from the ANC is unshakable. 120 00:08:00,068 --> 00:08:02,641 The nonviolence that we have advocated for years 121 00:08:02,676 --> 00:08:05,382 demands moral courage. 122 00:08:05,417 --> 00:08:08,210 You look to America at this Martin Luther King 123 00:08:08,245 --> 00:08:09,807 and his Freedom Riders. 124 00:08:09,842 --> 00:08:12,377 They are pushing for change right now, as we speak... 125 00:08:12,412 --> 00:08:14,437 - with nonviolence. - Yes. 126 00:08:14,518 --> 00:08:16,219 But they are doing it with the support 127 00:08:16,254 --> 00:08:19,366 of the American government, because President Kennedy 128 00:08:19,466 --> 00:08:22,380 threatened to send in federal troops. 129 00:08:22,415 --> 00:08:24,519 That is not our situation. 130 00:08:24,608 --> 00:08:27,744 Verwoerd is leading the violence here. 131 00:08:27,822 --> 00:08:28,827 No, no, no. 132 00:08:28,862 --> 00:08:32,663 I would plead with you all not to embark on this course. 133 00:08:32,698 --> 00:08:34,630 Violence begets violence. 134 00:08:34,699 --> 00:08:37,713 You say that violence begets violence. 135 00:08:37,791 --> 00:08:40,798 But in South Africa, so does nonviolence. 136 00:08:40,833 --> 00:08:43,591 If we take up arms, we lose all international support. 137 00:08:43,681 --> 00:08:44,916 What support? 138 00:08:44,951 --> 00:08:48,279 What has the so-called international community ever done for us? 139 00:08:48,394 --> 00:08:49,703 Give me one example. One. 140 00:08:49,738 --> 00:08:51,515 Joe... Joe... 141 00:08:52,546 --> 00:08:54,548 You have been upper Africa. You know. 142 00:08:54,594 --> 00:08:56,470 Stop, stop, stop, everyone. 143 00:08:57,756 --> 00:09:01,532 Let us try to remember that we are on the same side. 144 00:09:01,965 --> 00:09:05,631 What Nelson and I do agree upon is, above all, 145 00:09:05,667 --> 00:09:09,211 to win this war, we have to stay together. 146 00:09:09,764 --> 00:09:12,966 I will believe in nonviolence to the end. 147 00:09:13,141 --> 00:09:15,819 But we must take a collective vote. 148 00:09:15,854 --> 00:09:20,356 And when we decide, we have to find our way back to unity... 149 00:09:21,511 --> 00:09:24,347 win or lose. 150 00:09:27,348 --> 00:09:28,482 Before we vote, 151 00:09:28,517 --> 00:09:32,114 I would like the chance to clarify my position. 152 00:09:33,199 --> 00:09:35,329 We all have the same goal: 153 00:09:35,801 --> 00:09:39,203 a fully democratic, multi-racial South Africa. 154 00:09:39,238 --> 00:09:43,440 But to oppose the armed might of the South African government 155 00:09:43,475 --> 00:09:47,301 with passive resistance requires a kind of sacrifice. 156 00:09:47,336 --> 00:09:51,775 It requires a level of courage that I no longer have. 157 00:09:51,875 --> 00:09:55,289 The fact is if the ANC believes in its vision, 158 00:09:55,324 --> 00:09:57,580 it must be prepared to fight for it. 159 00:09:58,883 --> 00:10:06,855 So, I propose the creation of an entire new wing of the ANC, 160 00:10:06,890 --> 00:10:08,953 which would operate independently, 161 00:10:08,988 --> 00:10:12,993 yet remain under the authority of the ANC. 162 00:10:13,428 --> 00:10:15,740 The purpose of this section would be 163 00:10:15,775 --> 00:10:18,052 to meet the government's armed aggression 164 00:10:18,122 --> 00:10:21,105 with a campaign of sabotage, 165 00:10:21,256 --> 00:10:23,806 carefully avoiding injury, or loss of life, 166 00:10:23,843 --> 00:10:26,872 selecting for its targets government properties... 167 00:10:27,344 --> 00:10:30,148 symbols of oppression, not people. 168 00:10:30,371 --> 00:10:32,673 I assume you are talking about a bombing campaign. 169 00:10:35,852 --> 00:10:38,516 I don't want this any more than any of you do. 170 00:10:41,172 --> 00:10:45,076 If you can tell me there is another way for us to fight 171 00:10:45,161 --> 00:10:48,832 realistically against guns and armies, I will listen to it. 172 00:11:05,592 --> 00:11:07,675 How long before it explodes? 173 00:11:07,710 --> 00:11:09,453 Ten, fifteen minutes. 174 00:11:09,529 --> 00:11:12,298 The fuse is essentially acid eating through cardboard. 175 00:11:21,332 --> 00:11:22,541 Eish. 176 00:11:24,437 --> 00:11:25,905 Looks like we can make a bomb. 177 00:11:26,256 --> 00:11:28,158 With a very short fuse. 178 00:11:28,193 --> 00:11:30,231 We need to do something about that. 179 00:11:30,274 --> 00:11:31,073 Yeah. 180 00:11:31,573 --> 00:11:32,802 So, how many would you need? 181 00:11:32,863 --> 00:11:34,015 Ten? Twenty? 182 00:11:34,105 --> 00:11:37,241 Sixty, ready, in position across the country, 183 00:11:37,361 --> 00:11:38,704 December 16th. 184 00:11:38,739 --> 00:11:40,211 All in the same day? 185 00:11:42,255 --> 00:11:44,350 - That river. - Dingane's Day. 186 00:11:44,632 --> 00:11:45,922 This year, I would like to commemorate 187 00:11:46,003 --> 00:11:50,176 the Afrikaner victory over the Zulus a little differently. 188 00:11:54,290 --> 00:11:56,160 The locations are very clear. 189 00:11:56,195 --> 00:11:58,943 We meet early in the morning, when no one is around. 190 00:11:58,978 --> 00:12:00,411 This is our first strike. 191 00:12:00,464 --> 00:12:02,335 No mistakes, no casualties. 192 00:12:02,370 --> 00:12:04,121 You hear the good news, boys? 193 00:12:04,207 --> 00:12:07,197 Chief Lithuli has just been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. 194 00:12:07,232 --> 00:12:08,000 That is wonderful. 195 00:12:08,035 --> 00:12:09,770 It's wonderfully ironic when you consider 196 00:12:09,805 --> 00:12:12,303 we're just about to blow up half the country. 197 00:12:13,223 --> 00:12:15,305 - We're moving you. - Where? 198 00:12:15,340 --> 00:12:18,956 The South African Communist Party's got a new underground headquarters. A farm. 199 00:12:19,027 --> 00:12:20,804 Will I get shot if I don't finish my chores? 200 00:12:20,886 --> 00:12:22,542 You'll get shot if you hang around here much longer. 201 00:12:22,577 --> 00:12:24,140 - Let's go. - All right. 202 00:12:24,938 --> 00:12:26,689 We had made the right choice. 203 00:12:26,724 --> 00:12:30,205 But now we carried a heavy burden. 204 00:12:30,976 --> 00:12:34,293 Violence has an extraordinary power. 205 00:12:34,328 --> 00:12:36,585 It can effect great change. 206 00:12:36,620 --> 00:12:38,429 But if you are not careful, 207 00:12:38,464 --> 00:12:42,849 people, both guilty and innocent, will die. 208 00:12:43,875 --> 00:12:46,762 "Submit or fight: these are the only choices 209 00:12:46,820 --> 00:12:48,922 "we have left in South Africa. 210 00:12:51,066 --> 00:12:55,435 "We have sought to achieve liberation without bloodshed, 211 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:58,669 "and hoped to bring the government, and its supporters, 212 00:12:58,704 --> 00:13:01,859 "to their senses before it was too late. 213 00:13:05,499 --> 00:13:08,488 "For the sake of all of the people of this country, 214 00:13:08,523 --> 00:13:11,817 Black, Brown, White." 215 00:13:14,791 --> 00:13:16,954 _ 216 00:13:20,325 --> 00:13:22,229 _ 217 00:13:23,095 --> 00:13:24,729 _ 218 00:13:33,776 --> 00:13:36,486 Three more explosions, sir, in Durban and Pretoria. 219 00:13:36,549 --> 00:13:38,491 How many is that now? 220 00:13:38,677 --> 00:13:39,778 Fifty-seven. 221 00:13:39,933 --> 00:13:40,931 Sir? 222 00:13:45,150 --> 00:13:48,286 "The ANC announces the birth of uMkhonto we Sizwe, 223 00:13:48,321 --> 00:13:49,754 "'the Spear of the Nation.' 224 00:13:49,817 --> 00:13:51,553 "There comes a time in the life of any nation 225 00:13:51,642 --> 00:13:54,010 "when there remain only two options: 226 00:13:54,246 --> 00:13:57,145 "to submit or to fight. 227 00:13:58,303 --> 00:14:02,024 "We ask the government to enter into negotiations with us 228 00:14:02,059 --> 00:14:06,773 "to prevent South Africa descending into a disastrous civil war." 229 00:14:10,042 --> 00:14:12,412 Then war it is. 230 00:14:23,032 --> 00:14:24,079 Mm... 231 00:14:27,125 --> 00:14:29,495 I asked you here to say goodbye. 232 00:14:32,229 --> 00:14:33,006 What do you mean? 233 00:14:33,041 --> 00:14:34,943 I have to go abroad for a while. 234 00:14:35,300 --> 00:14:37,651 We need arms, money, and training. 235 00:14:38,521 --> 00:14:40,857 If we can build bombs from ballpoint pens, 236 00:14:40,923 --> 00:14:43,533 imagine what we can do with funding 237 00:14:43,623 --> 00:14:46,434 and the proper training, expertise. 238 00:14:48,226 --> 00:14:49,441 How long are you going for? 239 00:14:49,476 --> 00:14:50,823 I don't know. 240 00:14:52,218 --> 00:14:53,804 I'm scared, Nelson. 241 00:14:54,966 --> 00:14:56,623 What if they catch you? 242 00:14:57,725 --> 00:14:59,915 What if something happens? What about me? 243 00:14:59,950 --> 00:15:02,796 I am very good at looking after myself. 244 00:15:02,919 --> 00:15:04,954 I will be okay. 245 00:15:04,989 --> 00:15:06,572 And when will this hiding end? 246 00:15:06,645 --> 00:15:07,609 When will it stop? 247 00:15:07,675 --> 00:15:08,869 Years. 248 00:15:09,566 --> 00:15:11,661 Okay, let me come with you. I could bring the children. 249 00:15:11,696 --> 00:15:14,715 You understand, this is no life for children. 250 00:15:14,808 --> 00:15:16,762 I am always on the move. Sometimes they... 251 00:15:16,797 --> 00:15:19,256 And this is no life for me as well! 252 00:15:20,612 --> 00:15:23,886 You're not the only one in this family who believes in the struggle. 253 00:15:25,375 --> 00:15:26,811 I want to fight, too. 254 00:15:26,846 --> 00:15:31,357 You are doing that by holding us all together. 255 00:15:31,392 --> 00:15:33,843 I need you to do that, Zami. 256 00:15:34,432 --> 00:15:37,028 Please, be strong. 257 00:15:37,063 --> 00:15:39,027 I have so much faith in you. 258 00:15:43,968 --> 00:15:46,052 Do you even know where you're going? 259 00:15:46,806 --> 00:15:49,076 I wouldn't tell you, even if I knew. 260 00:15:57,138 --> 00:15:59,834 I've always wanted to travel the continent. 261 00:16:00,048 --> 00:16:02,478 One day we will, my love. 262 00:16:06,358 --> 00:16:08,421 One day we will. 263 00:16:36,959 --> 00:16:38,545 _ 264 00:17:09,256 --> 00:17:11,092 _ 265 00:17:47,736 --> 00:17:48,985 _ 266 00:17:49,137 --> 00:17:50,964 - Nelson! - Oliver! 267 00:17:51,630 --> 00:17:54,140 Look at you. 268 00:17:56,210 --> 00:17:58,757 How do you like Mandela and Tambo's new offices? 269 00:17:58,792 --> 00:18:01,039 Very nice. Can we afford it? 270 00:18:02,500 --> 00:18:03,596 How are Winnie and the kids? 271 00:18:03,631 --> 00:18:05,534 They are fine, they are fine. 272 00:18:05,585 --> 00:18:07,219 How did it go in Tanzania? 273 00:18:07,375 --> 00:18:11,838 I was advised to drop the armed struggle 274 00:18:11,883 --> 00:18:15,100 and cooperate with the PAC. 275 00:18:15,174 --> 00:18:16,574 You were expecting this. 276 00:18:16,609 --> 00:18:18,923 Ah, the PAC got here before us. 277 00:18:18,958 --> 00:18:20,333 They've been telling anyone who will listen 278 00:18:20,373 --> 00:18:23,996 that we are a tribal clique riddled with White communists and Indian pacifists. 279 00:18:24,031 --> 00:18:26,067 They have positioned themselves 280 00:18:26,159 --> 00:18:28,183 as the only true guardians 281 00:18:28,218 --> 00:18:30,954 of Black Nationalism in South Africa. 282 00:18:33,605 --> 00:18:35,373 How is the fundraising going? 283 00:18:35,408 --> 00:18:36,732 It isn't coming. 284 00:18:37,576 --> 00:18:39,409 As soon as we announced the armed struggle, 285 00:18:39,444 --> 00:18:43,615 the commitment to funding the ANC started evaporating. 286 00:18:43,716 --> 00:18:45,485 When do I see the president? 287 00:18:46,457 --> 00:18:48,010 He won't see you. 288 00:18:49,788 --> 00:18:52,307 Eish... 289 00:18:53,659 --> 00:18:56,190 Will he give us the money? 290 00:18:56,225 --> 00:18:58,433 I am still working on it. 291 00:18:59,598 --> 00:19:01,323 All the money in the world will not help us 292 00:19:01,358 --> 00:19:03,427 if you do not teach us how to fight. 293 00:19:09,839 --> 00:19:12,019 Why can't we just grab him, stuff him in the car, 294 00:19:12,062 --> 00:19:13,796 and say we took him on the right side of the border? 295 00:19:13,831 --> 00:19:17,056 No. This is not the place to do it. 296 00:19:17,749 --> 00:19:19,417 We do this by the book. 297 00:19:19,452 --> 00:19:21,186 We'll take him in South Africa. 298 00:19:28,996 --> 00:19:30,176 _ 299 00:19:50,416 --> 00:19:51,984 Can I get your papers? 300 00:20:25,955 --> 00:20:27,340 Enjoy your day. 301 00:20:37,192 --> 00:20:39,880 That was quite... nerve-racking. 302 00:20:41,452 --> 00:20:44,444 We handled ourselves rather well, don't you think, Nelson? 303 00:20:44,533 --> 00:20:47,273 Very well. Thank you, Cecil. 304 00:20:58,561 --> 00:20:59,835 _ 305 00:20:59,870 --> 00:21:02,286 I have missed you all so much. 306 00:21:03,359 --> 00:21:04,638 How are you feeling? 307 00:21:06,593 --> 00:21:08,039 I am tired. 308 00:21:08,726 --> 00:21:09,682 The last three weeks, 309 00:21:09,717 --> 00:21:13,442 the police have searched the house every single night... 310 00:21:14,799 --> 00:21:16,701 just before the girls go to bed. 311 00:21:19,138 --> 00:21:20,376 But I'm okay. 312 00:21:21,500 --> 00:21:23,132 You have enough on you. 313 00:21:23,950 --> 00:21:25,582 Tell me about your trip. 314 00:21:28,611 --> 00:21:31,693 There is a lot of support here on the continent. 315 00:21:31,728 --> 00:21:35,560 But many African leaders who don't agree with the ANC. 316 00:21:35,595 --> 00:21:38,823 They cannot understand why we haven't risen in revolt 317 00:21:38,873 --> 00:21:41,680 against such a small minority of Whites. 318 00:21:45,855 --> 00:21:48,295 I cannot help but to have this feeling... 319 00:21:49,408 --> 00:21:50,645 this ominous feeling 320 00:21:50,692 --> 00:21:54,502 that we are never going to have a normal life together. 321 00:21:54,574 --> 00:21:56,632 Oh, Zami, my darling, 322 00:21:56,667 --> 00:21:58,920 everything that we are fighting for 323 00:21:59,002 --> 00:22:01,535 is so that we can have a normal life. 324 00:22:09,212 --> 00:22:11,557 I'm invisible to him when they are here. 325 00:22:13,294 --> 00:22:16,121 You should go over there and join them. 326 00:22:17,046 --> 00:22:19,493 You are your father's firstborn son. 327 00:22:19,973 --> 00:22:21,567 Take care to remember that. 328 00:22:21,798 --> 00:22:23,803 I don't know why you stick up for him. 329 00:22:24,143 --> 00:22:26,010 My mother is your cousin. 330 00:22:26,072 --> 00:22:27,879 You should've stayed on her side in the divorce. 331 00:22:27,941 --> 00:22:29,890 Your mother is a very good woman. 332 00:22:30,722 --> 00:22:33,937 But Nelson has been married to Winnie for some time now. 333 00:22:33,972 --> 00:22:35,815 You must respect that. 334 00:22:36,146 --> 00:22:37,666 Yes, Uncle Walter. 335 00:22:38,977 --> 00:22:41,121 I'm sorry for the disrespect. 336 00:22:41,190 --> 00:22:43,924 When you are older, Thembe, you might find that 337 00:22:44,025 --> 00:22:47,326 being on his side is far more complicated 338 00:22:47,446 --> 00:22:49,085 than it might appear. 339 00:22:54,821 --> 00:22:56,589 My friends, our policy of non-racialism 340 00:22:56,647 --> 00:22:58,523 is misunderstood in the rest of Africa. 341 00:22:58,558 --> 00:23:02,367 We need to create the impression that we are Africa for the Africans... 342 00:23:02,402 --> 00:23:04,356 not communists or anything else. 343 00:23:04,391 --> 00:23:05,714 Yes, I agree. 344 00:23:05,932 --> 00:23:08,427 I recognize that this is a sensitive issue. 345 00:23:08,462 --> 00:23:10,517 It goes against everything that we believe in. 346 00:23:10,552 --> 00:23:12,053 I understand that. 347 00:23:12,116 --> 00:23:15,340 That is why I am only suggesting that we create the impression 348 00:23:15,375 --> 00:23:16,977 we are Africa for the Africans. 349 00:23:17,012 --> 00:23:20,725 So, you are just talking about our image? 350 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:23,235 It's what the people believe that is important. 351 00:23:23,270 --> 00:23:25,164 I see your point, Nelson. 352 00:23:25,468 --> 00:23:28,033 But I'm not sure that Chief Lithuli will. 353 00:23:28,068 --> 00:23:30,137 I intend to try and convince him. 354 00:23:30,283 --> 00:23:31,264 In Natal? 355 00:23:31,299 --> 00:23:32,898 There are roadblocks from here to Durban. 356 00:23:32,933 --> 00:23:34,307 Eish. 357 00:23:34,416 --> 00:23:36,863 The struggle cannot afford to lose you. 358 00:23:36,910 --> 00:23:38,945 Yes, but something this important, 359 00:23:39,155 --> 00:23:41,114 it must be done in person. 360 00:24:23,181 --> 00:24:25,353 Diversities of color and race, 361 00:24:25,388 --> 00:24:27,973 those are the very things that are going to bring South Africa into a democracy. 362 00:24:28,008 --> 00:24:31,050 I agree. Non-racialism is not about negating race. 363 00:24:31,109 --> 00:24:34,154 Did anyone order dry cleaning? 364 00:24:37,820 --> 00:24:38,793 Go! 365 00:24:44,443 --> 00:24:46,311 - Let's go! - The back entrance. 366 00:24:55,360 --> 00:24:56,829 Oh, they found us. 367 00:24:57,117 --> 00:24:58,524 We're caught. 368 00:24:59,691 --> 00:25:01,134 This can't be happening. 369 00:25:01,211 --> 00:25:03,313 Stay in character. 370 00:25:11,246 --> 00:25:12,738 Nelson Mandela! 371 00:25:13,887 --> 00:25:15,398 You're under arrest. 372 00:25:45,372 --> 00:25:46,673 Move! 373 00:25:57,480 --> 00:25:58,970 It's confirmed. 374 00:25:59,052 --> 00:26:00,548 Without a doubt? 375 00:26:00,634 --> 00:26:01,788 None at all. 376 00:26:22,242 --> 00:26:23,644 Caught or killed? 377 00:26:25,541 --> 00:26:26,679 Caught. 378 00:26:39,906 --> 00:26:43,266 Thank the Lord for delivering unto us 379 00:26:43,301 --> 00:26:46,682 the sinners who seek to destroy our nation. 380 00:26:47,959 --> 00:26:50,104 We look to you, my Lord, 381 00:26:50,205 --> 00:26:55,940 in this time of our great need, for support and guidance. 382 00:26:57,789 --> 00:26:59,959 _ 383 00:27:39,780 --> 00:27:40,941 Gentlemen... 384 00:27:43,222 --> 00:27:44,824 I, uh... 385 00:27:47,043 --> 00:27:48,476 I have to tell you... 386 00:27:49,938 --> 00:27:52,867 that the state has formally advised me 387 00:27:53,690 --> 00:27:57,004 that they will be seeking the death penalty. 388 00:27:57,999 --> 00:28:00,923 They will be presenting evidence 389 00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:05,347 that you deliberately and maliciously fomented a plan to overthrow the government 390 00:28:05,421 --> 00:28:09,992 by violent means by unleashing trained guerilla warfare units 391 00:28:10,027 --> 00:28:14,793 as part of a military invasion by hostile foreign powers. 392 00:28:46,257 --> 00:28:50,528 Listen, our Joe is working on an escape attempt for you. 393 00:28:51,085 --> 00:28:52,168 He's got some ideas. 394 00:28:52,203 --> 00:28:56,038 Hey, no. I will no longer hide from this. 395 00:28:56,073 --> 00:28:58,224 We have to face it head on. 396 00:29:02,107 --> 00:29:04,527 I have an idea about the start of the trial. 397 00:29:04,562 --> 00:29:06,376 We need to make a statement. 398 00:29:08,033 --> 00:29:09,956 I will need you to bring me something. 399 00:29:12,264 --> 00:29:13,845 It is very important. 400 00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:16,251 - Amandla! - Awethu! 401 00:29:16,286 --> 00:29:18,366 - Amandla! - Awethu! 402 00:29:18,401 --> 00:29:20,524 - Mayibuye! - i-Afrika! 403 00:29:20,559 --> 00:29:22,761 - Mayibuye! - i-Afrika! 404 00:29:22,827 --> 00:29:25,031 - Amandla! - Awethu! 405 00:29:25,066 --> 00:29:26,922 - Amandla! - Awethu! 406 00:29:26,957 --> 00:29:28,817 Mrs. Mandela? 407 00:29:28,852 --> 00:29:30,479 Tell us what you think about today. 408 00:29:30,531 --> 00:29:32,686 Mrs. Mandela, do you expect 409 00:29:32,721 --> 00:29:34,689 your husband to get the death penalty? 410 00:29:56,639 --> 00:29:58,431 All rise. 411 00:30:06,159 --> 00:30:07,467 Quiet, please. 412 00:30:08,081 --> 00:30:11,344 My Lord, the defense will begin with a statement 413 00:30:11,379 --> 00:30:13,505 from the accused, Nelson Mandela. 414 00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:19,805 My Lord... 415 00:30:22,969 --> 00:30:25,683 I will not deny that I planned sabotage. 416 00:30:25,946 --> 00:30:31,458 But I did not plan it because I have any love of violence. 417 00:30:32,657 --> 00:30:37,846 I planned it as the result of a calm and sober assessment 418 00:30:37,908 --> 00:30:42,313 of the political situation that has arisen in this country 419 00:30:42,392 --> 00:30:49,665 after many years of oppression, exploitation, and tyranny. 420 00:30:51,043 --> 00:30:55,479 It is the struggle for the right to live... 421 00:30:56,881 --> 00:31:00,556 the right to live a normal life, 422 00:31:01,068 --> 00:31:03,571 which is the right of every human being. 423 00:31:08,652 --> 00:31:10,365 During my lifetime, 424 00:31:11,813 --> 00:31:14,924 I have dedicated myself to that struggle. 425 00:31:16,460 --> 00:31:18,816 I have fought against White domination 426 00:31:18,851 --> 00:31:21,579 and I have fought against Black domination. 427 00:31:22,223 --> 00:31:26,921 I have cherished the ideal of a free and democratic society 428 00:31:26,956 --> 00:31:30,602 in which all people can live together in harmony. 429 00:31:31,278 --> 00:31:36,523 It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. 430 00:31:37,815 --> 00:31:41,893 But if need be, it is an ideal... 431 00:31:42,842 --> 00:31:45,432 for which I am prepared to die. 432 00:31:49,607 --> 00:31:53,073 - Mayibuye! - i-Afrika! 433 00:32:31,512 --> 00:32:33,164 You'll have to be quick. 434 00:32:35,935 --> 00:32:36,851 Mama. 435 00:32:37,410 --> 00:32:39,266 Mama, I'm so grateful you have come. 436 00:32:39,831 --> 00:32:43,403 My son, you'll always be my blessing. 437 00:32:45,238 --> 00:32:46,553 Thank you, Mama. 438 00:32:50,737 --> 00:32:53,836 Thembe, I do not know how long I will be gone, 439 00:32:53,871 --> 00:32:56,264 but you need to be the man now. 440 00:32:56,980 --> 00:32:58,911 I already have been. 441 00:33:02,542 --> 00:33:04,536 We must go. 442 00:33:06,614 --> 00:33:07,880 Thembe. 443 00:33:08,688 --> 00:33:10,012 I love you. 444 00:33:11,242 --> 00:33:12,685 I hope you know that. 445 00:33:23,603 --> 00:33:27,255 The, uh, sentencing is in the morning. 446 00:33:27,930 --> 00:33:30,649 Thank you, Bram, for all that you have done for us. 447 00:33:30,730 --> 00:33:33,975 I have decided that no matter the sentence, 448 00:33:34,010 --> 00:33:35,643 there will be no appeal. 449 00:33:52,105 --> 00:33:55,663 - _ - By a significant coincidence, 450 00:33:56,283 --> 00:33:59,240 this, the first day of the committee's discussion 451 00:33:59,275 --> 00:34:01,063 on the policy of apartheid, 452 00:34:01,149 --> 00:34:04,607 happens also to be the very last day 453 00:34:04,677 --> 00:34:10,619 of a trial in South Africa, which has as its primary aim 454 00:34:10,793 --> 00:34:13,656 the punishment by death of people 455 00:34:13,755 --> 00:34:17,683 who are among South Africa's most outstanding opponents 456 00:34:17,769 --> 00:34:21,303 of the very policies which the General Assembly 457 00:34:21,381 --> 00:34:26,395 and the Security Council have passed, in numerous resolutions, 458 00:34:26,473 --> 00:34:30,706 calling upon the South African government to abandon. 459 00:34:31,008 --> 00:34:34,533 Nelson Mandela, being known personally 460 00:34:34,626 --> 00:34:36,878 to a number of heads of state, 461 00:34:37,596 --> 00:34:42,425 Govan Mbeki, a top-ranking African political leader, 462 00:34:42,501 --> 00:34:45,137 and an accomplished economist, 463 00:34:45,355 --> 00:34:49,259 who has borne the burden of his oppressed fellow men 464 00:34:49,464 --> 00:34:53,128 ever since he left university, 465 00:34:53,228 --> 00:34:57,839 Ahmed Kathrada, a South African of Indian extraction, 466 00:34:57,948 --> 00:35:01,827 who began his career in politics as a passive leader 467 00:35:01,913 --> 00:35:06,009 in 1946 at the age of 17, 468 00:35:06,260 --> 00:35:09,819 and has continued to be a leading participant 469 00:35:09,854 --> 00:35:11,580 in the struggle of Indians, 470 00:35:11,681 --> 00:35:14,951 and other forms of racial discrimination, 471 00:35:15,168 --> 00:35:19,557 and joined the Africans in the liberation struggle. 472 00:35:21,077 --> 00:35:25,378 I urge you to accept that the developments 473 00:35:25,433 --> 00:35:33,334 that I have referred to call for the immediate action by the United Nations. 474 00:35:33,369 --> 00:35:37,673 For our part, I wish to observe 475 00:35:38,004 --> 00:35:42,243 that every single day spent in jail 476 00:35:42,310 --> 00:35:45,012 by any of our people, 477 00:35:45,407 --> 00:35:50,851 every drop of blood drawn from any of them, 478 00:35:51,070 --> 00:35:54,089 every life taken, 479 00:35:54,496 --> 00:36:00,607 represents a unit of human worth lost to us. 480 00:36:01,595 --> 00:36:04,632 This loss we can no longer afford. 481 00:36:30,809 --> 00:36:32,877 The function of this court, 482 00:36:33,513 --> 00:36:37,866 as is the function of the court in any country, 483 00:36:38,029 --> 00:36:40,931 is to enforce the laws of the state 484 00:36:40,969 --> 00:36:43,538 within which it functions. 485 00:36:43,987 --> 00:36:47,609 The crime that the accused have been convicted of... 486 00:36:47,761 --> 00:36:50,502 that is, the main crime... 487 00:36:50,771 --> 00:36:54,442 is, in essence, that of high treason. 488 00:37:02,545 --> 00:37:03,227 Yes? 489 00:37:03,277 --> 00:37:04,302 It's Joe. 490 00:37:04,337 --> 00:37:06,483 Life imprisonment. All of them. 491 00:37:07,029 --> 00:37:08,464 One moment. 492 00:37:09,561 --> 00:37:10,559 Life. 493 00:37:11,442 --> 00:37:12,800 All of them. 494 00:37:12,889 --> 00:37:14,692 - Life! - Yes! 495 00:37:14,737 --> 00:37:16,672 Yes. 496 00:37:16,772 --> 00:37:19,206 Thank you, Brother. 497 00:37:26,823 --> 00:37:28,464 _ 498 00:37:39,333 --> 00:37:41,434 You are all category "D": 499 00:37:42,539 --> 00:37:46,219 the highest security risk of all political prisoners. 500 00:37:47,433 --> 00:37:51,096 Every six months, you will be allowed one visitor. 501 00:37:52,975 --> 00:37:55,671 You may receive one letter, and you may write one letter, 502 00:37:55,706 --> 00:37:58,045 of no more than 500 words. 503 00:38:01,799 --> 00:38:03,759 You will not talk to each other. 504 00:38:06,041 --> 00:38:08,945 You may not speak to us unless spoken to. 505 00:38:10,369 --> 00:38:13,527 And you will never leave this island. 506 00:38:15,124 --> 00:38:18,199 You've come to this island to be forgotten... 507 00:38:19,634 --> 00:38:21,503 and then to die. 508 00:38:45,709 --> 00:38:47,081 Get dressed. 509 00:38:47,181 --> 00:38:49,640 You, curry muncher, get long pants. 510 00:38:54,121 --> 00:38:58,623 I am formally requesting long trousers for all of us. 511 00:38:58,711 --> 00:39:01,080 Boys get short pants. 512 00:39:01,244 --> 00:39:03,916 Do I look like a boy to you? 513 00:39:04,442 --> 00:39:06,514 You're Black, right? 514 00:39:07,174 --> 00:39:09,696 Then I say you're a boy. 515 00:39:17,010 --> 00:39:19,447 _ 516 00:39:19,868 --> 00:39:22,178 There is no escape from Robben Island. 517 00:39:22,306 --> 00:39:23,347 Not for any of them. 518 00:39:23,382 --> 00:39:26,353 Damn it, Oliver, we should at least consider breaking them out. 519 00:39:26,388 --> 00:39:28,970 - My plan was viable. - Too many unknowns. 520 00:39:29,006 --> 00:39:30,190 Too risky. 521 00:39:30,225 --> 00:39:33,424 We want them free, of course, but we do not want them dead. 522 00:39:33,531 --> 00:39:35,050 They are vital to the struggle. 523 00:39:35,084 --> 00:39:36,522 But completely cut off from it. 524 00:39:36,557 --> 00:39:38,260 Not necessarily, Joe. 525 00:39:38,636 --> 00:39:41,840 We can... open lines of communication. 526 00:39:41,875 --> 00:39:44,621 Communicate with heavily guarded prisoners? 527 00:39:44,656 --> 00:39:46,323 In a fortified cell block 528 00:39:46,372 --> 00:39:48,742 on an island five miles off the coast? 529 00:39:48,788 --> 00:39:50,389 We know it can be done. 530 00:39:50,622 --> 00:39:52,956 Ferries come and go every day. 531 00:39:54,636 --> 00:39:56,865 That's... that's true. 532 00:39:56,900 --> 00:39:58,126 That is true. 533 00:39:58,594 --> 00:40:00,871 Surprise, guards, new prisoners. 534 00:40:00,906 --> 00:40:03,023 We could smuggle messages in. 535 00:40:03,714 --> 00:40:04,846 Yes. 536 00:40:04,967 --> 00:40:07,524 It'll take careful planning, lots of moving parts. 537 00:40:07,559 --> 00:40:09,194 A sympathetic guard, perhaps. 538 00:40:09,239 --> 00:40:10,974 For God's sake, be realistic. 539 00:40:11,090 --> 00:40:11,953 Wait. 540 00:40:12,817 --> 00:40:15,352 What about Mac Maharaj? 541 00:40:15,735 --> 00:40:18,232 One of our MK men... at the Rivonia trial. 542 00:40:18,267 --> 00:40:19,013 Right. 543 00:40:19,293 --> 00:40:21,567 Convicted of sabotage, poor bastard. 544 00:40:21,716 --> 00:40:24,237 And he's definitely on his way to Robben Island. 545 00:40:24,804 --> 00:40:26,139 There. 546 00:40:26,246 --> 00:40:28,009 That is our first mule. 547 00:40:28,044 --> 00:40:30,704 We'll contact him through his lawyer, Bram Fischer. 548 00:40:31,156 --> 00:40:32,457 Attorney-client privilege. 549 00:40:32,526 --> 00:40:35,395 Mac can relay everything directly to Nelson. 550 00:40:35,722 --> 00:40:37,740 Our new leadership structure. 551 00:40:37,775 --> 00:40:39,210 MK strategy. 552 00:40:55,624 --> 00:40:57,240 Get in line over there. 553 00:41:03,963 --> 00:41:04,908 Go over there, mate. 554 00:41:04,943 --> 00:41:06,211 Mac Maharaj. 555 00:41:06,501 --> 00:41:07,769 A communist. 556 00:41:08,018 --> 00:41:09,186 One of mine. 557 00:41:09,355 --> 00:41:11,340 Looks like he's been tortured. 558 00:41:12,091 --> 00:41:12,900 You're supposed to be over there. 559 00:41:12,935 --> 00:41:17,202 The government won't relent until every last one of the ANC is destroyed. 560 00:41:17,331 --> 00:41:19,900 This new wave will have it worse than us. 561 00:41:22,536 --> 00:41:25,487 Okay! 562 00:41:25,926 --> 00:41:28,953 Coloreds and Indians, line up at this one. 563 00:41:28,988 --> 00:41:30,753 Blacks, this side. 564 00:41:30,796 --> 00:41:32,357 Go, go, go! 565 00:41:45,649 --> 00:41:47,280 Oliver says hello. 566 00:41:48,240 --> 00:41:49,759 That's it for today. 567 00:41:55,070 --> 00:41:57,931 Excellent work. It looks good. 568 00:42:06,075 --> 00:42:07,224 Go! 569 00:42:18,412 --> 00:42:20,680 Don't forget to look under the bed. 570 00:42:20,968 --> 00:42:23,672 Don't worry. We'll be back tomorrow. 571 00:42:30,461 --> 00:42:34,198 The only way for us to get better treatment 572 00:42:34,314 --> 00:42:38,236 is to engage respectfully with the warders. 573 00:42:38,294 --> 00:42:39,736 Respectfully? 574 00:42:39,813 --> 00:42:41,514 Respect for these people? 575 00:42:41,825 --> 00:42:45,243 Nelson, this is a place of resistance, not negotiation. 576 00:42:52,311 --> 00:42:56,916 If we treat them with respect, they will do the same. 577 00:42:57,093 --> 00:42:58,669 Silence in there! 578 00:42:59,765 --> 00:43:01,200 So this is your plan? 579 00:43:01,235 --> 00:43:03,257 To make friends with them out there? 580 00:43:03,948 --> 00:43:05,817 No talking! 581 00:43:05,932 --> 00:43:06,846 Oh! 582 00:43:07,422 --> 00:43:10,058 You kaffirs, even your shit stinks worse. 583 00:43:10,315 --> 00:43:13,552 Now, shut up in here! 584 00:43:24,765 --> 00:43:26,923 In brief, the MK, 585 00:43:26,968 --> 00:43:29,638 the so-called military wing of the ANC, 586 00:43:29,895 --> 00:43:32,331 is virtually a spent force. 587 00:43:34,021 --> 00:43:37,104 All the major agitators are out of the picture now, 588 00:43:37,171 --> 00:43:40,654 and that kaffir-lover Ruth First will be leaving on an exit visa soon. 589 00:43:40,689 --> 00:43:41,408 Where to? 590 00:43:41,443 --> 00:43:44,085 Into the arms of that Jew Slovo in London. 591 00:43:44,604 --> 00:43:47,032 These White communists are all the same. 592 00:43:47,110 --> 00:43:49,779 Take away their creature comforts and they break. 593 00:43:49,845 --> 00:43:53,084 What's left of the ANC is riddled with agents and informants. 594 00:43:53,119 --> 00:43:54,174 We will break them. 595 00:43:54,218 --> 00:43:56,027 A dangerous assumption. 596 00:43:56,062 --> 00:43:58,727 Until Mandela and his crew are permanently cut off... 597 00:43:58,762 --> 00:44:00,130 Mandela's on an island. 598 00:44:00,165 --> 00:44:01,602 How much more cut off can he be? 599 00:44:01,637 --> 00:44:03,265 We have reliable information 600 00:44:03,300 --> 00:44:06,136 that Tambo and Mandela are still in contact. 601 00:44:06,171 --> 00:44:08,858 Why didn't we isolate him from the rest of the prison population? 602 00:44:08,928 --> 00:44:10,614 Put him in a different section? 603 00:44:10,649 --> 00:44:14,338 John, the foreign press, and therefore world opinion, 604 00:44:14,373 --> 00:44:17,027 has gone very quiet on Mandela and the ANC, 605 00:44:17,062 --> 00:44:20,205 and I want nothing to disturb that state of affairs. 606 00:44:20,240 --> 00:44:23,951 Perhaps we can afford a demonstration of magnanimity, John. 607 00:44:23,986 --> 00:44:26,356 We should consider relaxing his conditions. 608 00:44:27,740 --> 00:44:29,956 Don't underestimate this man. 609 00:44:30,035 --> 00:44:31,407 Relax his conditions, and in time, 610 00:44:31,504 --> 00:44:34,508 Mandela will be running not only the ANC, 611 00:44:34,626 --> 00:44:36,478 he'll be running that island. 612 00:44:42,568 --> 00:44:44,769 Inspection! 613 00:44:45,603 --> 00:44:47,417 Silence in the passage. 614 00:44:55,909 --> 00:44:57,668 Good evening, Johan. 615 00:44:59,068 --> 00:45:00,543 How do you know my name? 616 00:45:02,824 --> 00:45:04,965 I asked for your name. 617 00:45:07,505 --> 00:45:08,663 If you say another word, Mandela... 618 00:45:08,698 --> 00:45:11,082 I am not trying to be disrespectful. 619 00:45:11,987 --> 00:45:14,556 I am trying to be civilized... 620 00:45:15,855 --> 00:45:17,669 to make life here better... 621 00:45:18,033 --> 00:45:19,582 for both of us. 622 00:45:22,342 --> 00:45:24,779 I said silence in the passage! 623 00:45:45,882 --> 00:45:48,236 Ah, good morning. 624 00:45:48,278 --> 00:45:50,113 How was your evening? 625 00:45:50,148 --> 00:45:51,405 Not too bad. 626 00:45:55,135 --> 00:45:56,205 Thank you. 627 00:45:57,607 --> 00:46:00,442 Oh... look, Walter. 628 00:46:00,902 --> 00:46:02,605 Long trousers. 629 00:46:02,743 --> 00:46:03,812 Just you. 630 00:46:03,896 --> 00:46:05,377 Not the others. 631 00:46:07,587 --> 00:46:08,855 Oh, I see. 632 00:46:09,448 --> 00:46:14,000 Well, I am the others, 633 00:46:14,184 --> 00:46:17,053 and if they don't get long trousers, 634 00:46:17,333 --> 00:46:20,513 I'm afraid neither do I. 635 00:46:24,457 --> 00:46:26,157 A man who sticks to his principles. 636 00:46:26,230 --> 00:46:28,081 You will soon learn, young man, 637 00:46:28,116 --> 00:46:30,752 that nothing gives Nelson more satisfaction 638 00:46:30,823 --> 00:46:33,421 than the precious principles. 639 00:46:34,438 --> 00:46:37,343 Tell me, Johan, do you have a family? 640 00:46:38,727 --> 00:46:39,764 Yes. 641 00:46:40,573 --> 00:46:43,621 Actually, in a month's time, I'll get to see them in Gauteng. 642 00:46:43,670 --> 00:46:45,698 That sounds very pleasant. 643 00:46:46,364 --> 00:46:52,237 You know, in a month, I will be here with my friend, Walter. 644 00:46:54,187 --> 00:46:57,123 May I make a request for pen and paper? 645 00:46:57,407 --> 00:46:58,397 What for? 646 00:46:58,452 --> 00:47:00,039 To write to the prison authorities 647 00:47:00,074 --> 00:47:03,556 requesting long trousers for all prisoners. 648 00:47:06,566 --> 00:47:08,291 I'll see what I can do. 649 00:47:08,748 --> 00:47:09,960 Thank you. 650 00:47:17,191 --> 00:47:18,815 First, there was silence. 651 00:47:18,850 --> 00:47:21,882 Now they discuss their holiday plans with us. 652 00:47:21,917 --> 00:47:23,785 Just you wait, Madiba. 653 00:47:24,017 --> 00:47:27,187 In a short while, we'll be one big happy family. 654 00:47:33,927 --> 00:47:35,993 Mr. Prime Minister. Mrs. Verwoerd. 655 00:47:36,093 --> 00:47:38,327 It's a full house. They're all waiting for you. 656 00:47:38,412 --> 00:47:40,675 After the speech, you have a meeting at 1:00 o'clock 657 00:47:40,748 --> 00:47:42,101 with the Minister of Defence, 658 00:47:42,136 --> 00:47:44,396 and then we'll be placing a call to the United Nations. 659 00:47:44,485 --> 00:47:46,234 That's fine, Schuman. All in good time. 660 00:47:46,269 --> 00:47:47,604 All in good time. 661 00:48:27,911 --> 00:48:29,677 Oh, no! 662 00:48:34,602 --> 00:48:36,788 Oh, dear God! Oh, dear God! 663 00:48:36,823 --> 00:48:39,207 Somebody call an ambulance! Quick! 664 00:48:44,929 --> 00:48:47,678 It's you who did this. You and your Progressive Party. 665 00:48:47,726 --> 00:48:48,543 It's all your fault! 666 00:48:48,604 --> 00:48:49,813 We had nothing to do with this! 667 00:48:49,848 --> 00:48:51,635 You incite people! 668 00:48:51,736 --> 00:48:53,738 You want to overthrow this government! 669 00:48:53,837 --> 00:48:57,133 Now we'll get you! We'll get the lot of you! 670 00:48:57,975 --> 00:49:00,844 Oh, God... God... 671 00:49:15,916 --> 00:49:18,598 Hey, Verwoerd is dead. 672 00:49:18,705 --> 00:49:20,090 Assassinated. 673 00:49:20,765 --> 00:49:22,500 - You're sure? - Yeah. 674 00:49:22,607 --> 00:49:24,761 Straight off the ferry. 675 00:49:24,796 --> 00:49:26,298 Some crazy White man. 676 00:49:26,678 --> 00:49:27,684 Greek. 677 00:49:27,719 --> 00:49:30,154 This is not good news. 678 00:49:30,808 --> 00:49:32,958 The leader of the oppressor is dead. 679 00:49:33,021 --> 00:49:35,224 Why is this not good news? 680 00:49:35,259 --> 00:49:38,329 Political progress is not built on assassination. 681 00:49:38,638 --> 00:49:42,534 Verwoerd's death will produce one predictable result: 682 00:49:43,502 --> 00:49:45,320 increased repression. 683 00:49:45,355 --> 00:49:48,359 Nelson, I am tired of your moral superiority. 684 00:49:48,613 --> 00:49:51,432 The architect and creator of apartheid is dead. 685 00:49:51,467 --> 00:49:53,282 That's the best news we've had in years. 686 00:49:53,317 --> 00:49:56,732 Something we ordinary men have a right to celebrate. 687 00:49:56,868 --> 00:49:58,902 You think that if we celebrate, 688 00:49:59,002 --> 00:50:00,603 things will get better for us around here? 689 00:50:00,703 --> 00:50:03,335 We are irrelevant. 690 00:50:03,741 --> 00:50:05,910 The struggle is what matters. 691 00:50:09,613 --> 00:50:13,183 The struggle cannot be reduced to a personality cult. 692 00:50:13,283 --> 00:50:16,352 This mustn't all be about Nelson Mandela. 693 00:50:16,453 --> 00:50:18,489 Oh, that's what you think I want? 694 00:50:18,524 --> 00:50:20,125 I have made mistakes, yes. 695 00:50:20,250 --> 00:50:21,584 My pride. 696 00:50:21,686 --> 00:50:24,088 My simple-minded optimism. 697 00:50:24,227 --> 00:50:27,881 My vanity to believe that I could lead an armed struggle 698 00:50:27,966 --> 00:50:29,799 against the apartheid regime. 699 00:50:29,954 --> 00:50:31,389 Foolish, I know. 700 00:50:31,435 --> 00:50:34,138 I am stuck here on this island. 701 00:50:34,303 --> 00:50:37,062 But I still believe I can change the world, 702 00:50:37,345 --> 00:50:39,546 because now I understand that I am part of a group 703 00:50:39,581 --> 00:50:41,384 of very remarkable men. 704 00:50:41,543 --> 00:50:43,313 I thank God for that. 705 00:50:44,235 --> 00:50:45,990 Without Walter, Kathi, and, yes, 706 00:50:46,025 --> 00:50:48,247 even without you, Govan, I am lost. 707 00:50:48,919 --> 00:50:52,633 Without unity, we are all nothing. 708 00:51:00,620 --> 00:51:03,006 Verwoerd was a great man. 709 00:51:03,077 --> 00:51:06,613 Our duty is to fulfill his vision and preserve his legacy. 710 00:51:06,708 --> 00:51:07,884 Yes, Prime Minister. 711 00:51:07,919 --> 00:51:10,839 And it will take a little more resolve than we've shown so far. 712 00:51:10,933 --> 00:51:11,821 Indeed. 713 00:51:11,876 --> 00:51:14,561 I suggest we begin by increasing the period of detention 714 00:51:14,596 --> 00:51:16,888 from 90 to 180 days without charge. 715 00:51:16,930 --> 00:51:19,446 I didn't know that you were such a moderate, Hendrik. 716 00:51:19,500 --> 00:51:20,749 Here you go, sir. 717 00:51:20,796 --> 00:51:22,237 Anything else, Boss? 718 00:51:22,272 --> 00:51:23,771 No, that's all for now, Ellis. Thank you. 719 00:51:23,806 --> 00:51:25,032 Thank you, Boss. 720 00:51:26,730 --> 00:51:29,099 Hendrik, there's new legislation coming. 721 00:51:29,720 --> 00:51:33,696 The Terrorism Act will give us unlimited power. 722 00:51:33,955 --> 00:51:38,169 I'm also creating a new security branch to exercise those powers, 723 00:51:38,268 --> 00:51:41,504 the Bureau of State Security... BOSS. 724 00:51:41,705 --> 00:51:43,873 BOSS? 725 00:51:43,973 --> 00:51:45,939 Very nice, Mr. Prime Minister. 726 00:51:47,073 --> 00:51:49,234 I want you to run BOSS. 727 00:51:49,336 --> 00:51:53,150 You will oversee both the military and domestic intelligence. 728 00:51:53,250 --> 00:51:55,146 Thank you, Prime Minister. 729 00:51:55,208 --> 00:51:57,223 You will now have good legal authority 730 00:51:57,278 --> 00:51:59,455 to do what needs to be done. 731 00:51:59,641 --> 00:52:03,021 What we must do is to continue to eliminate their leadership. 732 00:52:28,656 --> 00:52:29,951 Good afternoon. 733 00:52:29,986 --> 00:52:30,867 How are you? 734 00:52:30,902 --> 00:52:33,123 I have some good news for you, Mandela... 735 00:52:33,223 --> 00:52:35,478 and some bad news for everyone. 736 00:52:36,462 --> 00:52:38,464 Winnie is coming. 737 00:52:38,499 --> 00:52:40,235 She's been granted a visit. 738 00:52:40,470 --> 00:52:41,295 When? 739 00:52:41,330 --> 00:52:42,466 Tomorrow morning. 740 00:52:42,501 --> 00:52:43,503 Tomorrow? 741 00:52:43,873 --> 00:52:44,634 Yeah. 742 00:52:47,337 --> 00:52:49,073 And the bad news? 743 00:52:50,207 --> 00:52:52,109 Van Rensburg is coming. 744 00:52:56,147 --> 00:52:57,956 Who is Van Rensburg? 745 00:53:08,841 --> 00:53:10,067 Nelson? 746 00:53:13,534 --> 00:53:14,703 Yes, Walter? 747 00:53:14,888 --> 00:53:17,858 If you want to look your best for Winnie tomorrow, 748 00:53:18,022 --> 00:53:20,334 try to get some sleep. 749 00:53:20,402 --> 00:53:22,105 Yes, Walter. 750 00:53:23,243 --> 00:53:24,778 Silence in the passage. 751 00:53:45,417 --> 00:53:47,589 _ 752 00:54:03,514 --> 00:54:04,839 Time's up. 753 00:54:10,020 --> 00:54:12,037 You look well. 754 00:54:14,659 --> 00:54:16,179 I am getting by. 755 00:54:16,265 --> 00:54:19,027 How is your job? Are you enjoying your work? 756 00:54:19,648 --> 00:54:21,110 I have a banning order. 757 00:54:21,188 --> 00:54:22,821 No politics. 758 00:54:24,371 --> 00:54:26,170 I have lost my job. 759 00:54:26,575 --> 00:54:29,429 But I'm spending more time with our friends. 760 00:54:30,167 --> 00:54:31,948 I hope they are supporting you. 761 00:54:32,065 --> 00:54:33,404 When they can. 762 00:54:35,265 --> 00:54:38,591 I am so happy to see you making out so well. 763 00:54:40,040 --> 00:54:41,486 How are the girls? 764 00:54:41,637 --> 00:54:42,894 They are well. 765 00:54:44,489 --> 00:54:46,945 But the Security Police scare them. 766 00:54:48,551 --> 00:54:50,039 We don't get much sleep at night. 767 00:54:50,087 --> 00:54:52,174 No politics. Family matters only. 768 00:54:52,209 --> 00:54:53,874 We are a political family. 769 00:54:53,929 --> 00:54:55,278 No politics! 770 00:54:55,313 --> 00:54:58,929 Have you seen Thembe and the other children? 771 00:55:00,309 --> 00:55:03,254 Thembe just had his 21st birthday. 772 00:55:04,117 --> 00:55:07,719 He has a baby daughter, Ndileka. 773 00:55:08,948 --> 00:55:10,450 Ndileka. 774 00:55:12,108 --> 00:55:15,488 My children have grown up and I have not been there. 775 00:55:17,720 --> 00:55:19,751 I have missed so much. 776 00:55:21,170 --> 00:55:23,338 Do not dwell on that right now. 777 00:55:28,732 --> 00:55:30,628 It is cold in here. 778 00:55:32,265 --> 00:55:34,301 I don't feel the cold anymore. 779 00:55:34,336 --> 00:55:35,506 One minute. 780 00:55:35,541 --> 00:55:38,445 Winnie, there is something I have to say before we finish. 781 00:55:42,472 --> 00:55:44,091 You are my wife. 782 00:55:44,126 --> 00:55:45,369 I love you. 783 00:55:46,349 --> 00:55:48,592 You are the mother of my children. 784 00:55:48,694 --> 00:55:50,265 You support me. 785 00:55:51,675 --> 00:55:56,696 While I am here, that is all I can ask of you. 786 00:55:57,184 --> 00:55:59,389 Those other things... 787 00:56:01,755 --> 00:56:03,670 they are not important. 788 00:56:10,329 --> 00:56:13,232 But it is not true about this man and me. 789 00:56:14,680 --> 00:56:16,586 You must be careful. 790 00:56:18,055 --> 00:56:20,065 You are my bride. 791 00:56:22,891 --> 00:56:24,293 Time's up. 792 00:57:41,242 --> 00:57:43,532 You must be Van Rensburg. 793 00:57:43,761 --> 00:57:45,419 You must be Mandela. 794 00:57:50,389 --> 00:57:52,998 Have you told them about your wife yet, Mandela? 795 00:57:55,228 --> 00:58:00,816 Winnie has been named as a co-respondent in a divorce case. 796 00:58:00,987 --> 00:58:02,252 Co-respondent? 797 00:58:02,548 --> 00:58:05,218 What is that? A... a fancy word for a whore? 798 00:58:06,978 --> 00:58:08,557 Easy, kaffir. 799 00:58:08,592 --> 00:58:12,364 You'd like to strike me, but you don't have the guts, do you? 800 00:58:12,551 --> 00:58:16,432 Striking you would not require much of anything. 801 00:58:16,789 --> 00:58:18,448 Certainly not courage. 802 00:58:25,577 --> 00:58:27,843 You think you're someone, but you're not. 803 00:58:27,995 --> 00:58:29,211 You're nobody. 804 00:58:29,339 --> 00:58:31,034 You're a kaffir, Mandela. 805 00:58:31,128 --> 00:58:32,951 That's all you are. 806 00:58:33,115 --> 00:58:34,950 And you're my prisoner. 807 00:58:35,573 --> 00:58:36,712 Mine. 808 00:58:36,816 --> 00:58:39,389 I am not your prisoner. 809 00:58:39,576 --> 00:58:43,837 You are just as much a prisoner on this island as I am, sergeant. 810 00:58:44,350 --> 00:58:46,463 You talk shit, Mandela. 811 00:58:46,560 --> 00:58:49,493 I can get a transfer off this island any time I like. 812 00:59:00,257 --> 00:59:02,044 Military intelligence tells us that the numbers 813 00:59:02,079 --> 00:59:05,136 of ANC members in exile is growing exponentially, 814 00:59:05,191 --> 00:59:06,873 led by Oliver Tambo, whom we suspect 815 00:59:06,935 --> 00:59:09,227 is still in communication with Nelson Mandela, 816 00:59:09,356 --> 00:59:12,655 and we've got him in the most isolated prison in South Africa. 817 00:59:12,775 --> 00:59:14,783 The only solution is to put Mandela 818 00:59:14,818 --> 00:59:17,649 and all those closest to him in solitary confinement. 819 00:59:17,711 --> 00:59:20,933 I've wanted Mandela in his own private cage for years. 820 00:59:21,027 --> 00:59:24,453 That would solve so many of our problems. Yet... 821 00:59:25,644 --> 00:59:29,255 now, as prime minister, I have a different vantage point. 822 00:59:29,333 --> 00:59:31,311 World opinion to consider. 823 00:59:32,041 --> 00:59:34,729 Solitary isn't the only way to affect him. 824 00:59:34,823 --> 00:59:37,486 You say he's still getting messages from the outside. 825 00:59:37,521 --> 00:59:38,210 Yeah. 826 00:59:38,258 --> 00:59:39,580 When he heard that Prime Minister Verwoerd 827 00:59:39,615 --> 00:59:43,732 was assassinated, he must've jumped for joy. 828 00:59:45,780 --> 00:59:48,978 So, his comrade Tambo is out of reach. 829 00:59:49,660 --> 00:59:53,320 But their Nobel Prize-winning president is where? 830 00:59:58,053 --> 00:59:59,501 African National Congress 831 00:59:59,536 --> 01:00:02,251 president, Chief Albert Lithuli, has died. 832 01:00:02,286 --> 01:00:05,213 The Nobel Peace Prize recipient was killed last night, 833 01:00:05,287 --> 01:00:08,455 reportedly when he was struck by a train close to his Natal home, 834 01:00:08,490 --> 01:00:12,141 where he was confined for several years while under a government ban. 835 01:00:13,501 --> 01:00:18,480 However he died, however suspicious the circumstances, 836 01:00:18,790 --> 01:00:23,896 at this moment, we should remember Chief Lithuli 837 01:00:24,059 --> 01:00:26,563 and celebrate his life... 838 01:00:26,757 --> 01:00:30,525 president of the ANC for nearly a quarter a century, 839 01:00:30,623 --> 01:00:33,492 deeply committed to nonviolence 840 01:00:33,772 --> 01:00:37,610 in the face of increasing state oppression. 841 01:00:37,732 --> 01:00:39,711 He was a great man... 842 01:00:41,628 --> 01:00:43,251 and a great chief. 843 01:00:44,950 --> 01:00:46,939 - Amen. - Amen. 844 01:00:51,436 --> 01:00:53,059 You're right, Nelson. 845 01:00:53,656 --> 01:00:58,629 What you had to admire about Lithuli was his consistency. 846 01:00:58,729 --> 01:01:00,656 You knew exactly what he stood for. 847 01:01:01,105 --> 01:01:02,743 And you don't know what I stand for. 848 01:01:02,778 --> 01:01:05,104 - Is that what you are saying? - No. 849 01:01:05,338 --> 01:01:07,583 I know exactly what you stand for... 850 01:01:08,073 --> 01:01:10,789 Nelson Mandela. 851 01:01:14,397 --> 01:01:15,797 Eish. 852 01:01:16,134 --> 01:01:18,450 This is how factions begin... 853 01:01:18,485 --> 01:01:20,152 and civil wars. 854 01:01:20,410 --> 01:01:21,957 You must deal with this, Nelson. 855 01:01:21,992 --> 01:01:25,806 I'll try, but at the moment there is something more urgent. 856 01:01:25,907 --> 01:01:27,864 - The ANC needs a new president. - Mm... 857 01:01:27,899 --> 01:01:30,915 Oliver Tambo must put himself forward for election. 858 01:01:30,950 --> 01:01:34,306 And like our friend Govan, Oliver suffers from modesty. 859 01:01:35,633 --> 01:01:38,970 I need to get a message to him as soon as possible. 860 01:01:45,546 --> 01:01:48,097 Dali, let your sister do that. 861 01:01:48,183 --> 01:01:49,715 She has neater handwriting than you. 862 01:01:49,775 --> 01:01:51,076 She doesn't. 863 01:01:51,149 --> 01:01:53,165 Come, you'd better hurry or you'll miss the bus... 864 01:01:53,200 --> 01:01:54,783 which is already in Trafalgar Square. 865 01:01:54,818 --> 01:01:56,702 Almost ready, Joe. 866 01:01:56,830 --> 01:01:58,723 Kids, take these to the door. 867 01:01:58,812 --> 01:02:00,327 Coats and boots on. Let's go. 868 01:02:01,026 --> 01:02:02,980 You finally got a message from Nelson. 869 01:02:06,238 --> 01:02:08,289 I may need a magnifying glass for this. 870 01:02:10,817 --> 01:02:16,283 "We have decided you should be the new president of the ANC. 871 01:02:18,443 --> 01:02:20,378 "Awarding you this title 872 01:02:20,770 --> 01:02:22,814 "will allow you the status and effectiveness 873 01:02:22,914 --> 01:02:25,312 "in negotiations and decision-making. 874 01:02:26,584 --> 01:02:28,153 "Please, Oliver. 875 01:02:28,252 --> 01:02:30,122 "Take steps through this official request 876 01:02:30,222 --> 01:02:32,323 "to organize an election, 877 01:02:32,551 --> 01:02:35,259 "which I have no doubt will award you 878 01:02:35,349 --> 01:02:40,038 the full and independent authority of president." 879 01:02:45,562 --> 01:02:49,644 - _ - No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! 880 01:02:49,679 --> 01:02:53,076 No! No! No! No! No! 881 01:02:55,097 --> 01:02:57,171 No! No! No! No! No! No! No! 882 01:02:57,225 --> 01:02:59,318 I'm sorry, Nelson. 883 01:02:59,456 --> 01:03:01,239 I thought you'd want to know. 884 01:03:01,986 --> 01:03:03,663 Thank you, Johan. 885 01:03:06,854 --> 01:03:08,756 I can't tell you how bad it feels to know 886 01:03:08,845 --> 01:03:10,966 that the woman that you love 887 01:03:11,036 --> 01:03:13,698 would have been better off if she had never met you. 888 01:03:27,778 --> 01:03:29,949 How many days have I been here? 889 01:03:30,027 --> 01:03:31,817 Where are my children? 890 01:03:31,917 --> 01:03:34,052 What are the charges against me? 891 01:03:34,230 --> 01:03:36,195 I demand an answer! 892 01:03:36,230 --> 01:03:37,420 Where are my children?! 893 01:03:38,355 --> 01:03:40,524 Where are my children?! 894 01:03:58,709 --> 01:04:00,194 They are now going to... 895 01:04:00,229 --> 01:04:02,580 Hm... 896 01:04:51,012 --> 01:04:53,748 Major Kellerman said to bring him in the Jeep. 897 01:04:53,783 --> 01:04:56,833 Prisoners do not get driven around the island in Jeeps. 898 01:04:56,868 --> 01:05:00,527 They walk. What's so important that this kaffir has to ride in a car? 899 01:05:00,562 --> 01:05:02,397 Apparently his son has been killed. 900 01:05:04,993 --> 01:05:06,995 Then why didn't you say so? 901 01:05:17,296 --> 01:05:19,433 Mandela! Here! 902 01:05:31,020 --> 01:05:32,521 Get in the Jeep, Mandela. 903 01:05:32,686 --> 01:05:34,573 Major Kellerman wants to see you. 904 01:05:35,248 --> 01:05:36,926 He's got some good news. 905 01:05:37,197 --> 01:05:39,032 Some very good news. 906 01:05:47,533 --> 01:05:48,963 Sergeant... 907 01:05:49,629 --> 01:05:51,640 you're a bastard. 908 01:05:51,906 --> 01:05:53,610 Yes, I am. 909 01:05:53,899 --> 01:05:57,097 We're at war and bastards win wars. 910 01:06:10,891 --> 01:06:12,746 I'm sorry, Mandela. 911 01:06:12,781 --> 01:06:15,084 But it is my duty to bury my son. 912 01:06:16,019 --> 01:06:18,003 I cannot grant your request. 913 01:06:32,547 --> 01:06:33,969 Thank you. 914 01:06:56,172 --> 01:06:58,298 You know a Thembe Mandela? 915 01:06:59,716 --> 01:07:01,810 He's my stepson. 916 01:07:01,845 --> 01:07:03,178 He's dead. 917 01:07:03,213 --> 01:07:05,357 He was killed in a car accident. 918 01:08:06,789 --> 01:08:13,847 He was always very particular about his dress... like me. 919 01:08:17,055 --> 01:08:20,390 I remember I came to visit him 920 01:08:20,425 --> 01:08:23,507 at your house about eight years ago. 921 01:08:24,925 --> 01:08:27,647 He was wearing a pair of my trousers. 922 01:08:28,833 --> 01:08:31,021 Of course, they were too big for him. 923 01:08:34,879 --> 01:08:38,753 Always very particular about his dress... 924 01:08:40,039 --> 01:08:43,007 and he was wearing clothes too big for him. 925 01:08:45,480 --> 01:08:47,517 It's easy to see why now. 926 01:08:53,322 --> 01:08:55,592 His father was never home. 927 01:08:59,327 --> 01:09:00,629 He missed me. 928 01:09:00,729 --> 01:09:02,029 He missed his father. 929 01:09:08,723 --> 01:09:11,399 Do you remember when he sat behind us in the trial? 930 01:09:11,434 --> 01:09:12,942 Mm-hmm. 931 01:09:14,675 --> 01:09:17,580 Three years ago. 932 01:09:17,679 --> 01:09:20,100 It feels like so much longer. 933 01:09:23,683 --> 01:09:25,485 I could see from the look in his face 934 01:09:25,520 --> 01:09:28,890 that he was afraid for me. 935 01:09:29,221 --> 01:09:32,952 So, I kept turning around to nod and smile. 936 01:09:33,030 --> 01:09:35,860 He would return the nod, but not the smile, 937 01:09:37,066 --> 01:09:39,807 because he thought I was going to be hanged. 938 01:09:41,239 --> 01:09:43,999 He was afraid his father was going to die. 939 01:09:49,678 --> 01:09:52,658 Such was the life I gave to my son. 940 01:10:16,929 --> 01:10:19,028 I was sorry to hear about your son. 941 01:10:20,020 --> 01:10:21,389 Thank you. 942 01:10:21,443 --> 01:10:23,306 Very kind of you to say so. 943 01:10:24,814 --> 01:10:27,116 And I also wanted to say goodbye. 944 01:10:29,318 --> 01:10:30,987 You are being transferred? 945 01:10:31,570 --> 01:10:33,549 I'm leaving the prison service. 946 01:10:39,628 --> 01:10:41,794 I am very sorry to hear that. 947 01:10:42,594 --> 01:10:44,759 The prison service needs more men like you. 948 01:10:44,794 --> 01:10:45,814 Yes. 949 01:10:49,893 --> 01:10:54,573 But if you must go, may I ask a favor? 950 01:11:00,267 --> 01:11:01,596 I, uh... 951 01:11:09,618 --> 01:11:11,319 You know that I'm the sole representative 952 01:11:11,354 --> 01:11:14,291 of the Progressive Party in the South African Parliament. 953 01:11:16,097 --> 01:11:17,914 Are you here to compromise me? 954 01:11:18,493 --> 01:11:20,925 You do work for the Bureau of State Security. 955 01:11:21,006 --> 01:11:23,264 At the moment, I'm not working for anyone. 956 01:11:24,164 --> 01:11:26,384 Are you anti-apartheid? 957 01:11:26,930 --> 01:11:28,004 No. 958 01:11:28,802 --> 01:11:31,640 Then why on earth would you want to help Nelson Mandela? 959 01:11:35,154 --> 01:11:36,839 Because I like him. 960 01:11:51,174 --> 01:11:53,610 Nelson Mandela will speak for us. 961 01:11:58,916 --> 01:12:01,251 Mandela will voice our complaint. 962 01:12:07,395 --> 01:12:08,826 Mrs. Suzman. 963 01:12:08,925 --> 01:12:10,219 Good to see you. 964 01:12:10,258 --> 01:12:12,246 And to see you, Mr. Mandela. 965 01:12:12,292 --> 01:12:13,892 It's been a long time. 966 01:12:18,736 --> 01:12:20,035 Our days are long. 967 01:12:20,090 --> 01:12:21,996 The work... hot, dirty. 968 01:12:22,074 --> 01:12:25,137 We do not think it unreasonable that we should have regular access 969 01:12:25,172 --> 01:12:26,909 to hot water for washing, 970 01:12:27,794 --> 01:12:30,375 and the same food served to all prisoners, 971 01:12:30,410 --> 01:12:32,749 Colored as well as Africans. 972 01:12:32,958 --> 01:12:35,513 The food is of inadequate quality and quantity 973 01:12:35,595 --> 01:12:40,854 to sustain general health, uh, let alone hard labor. 974 01:12:40,889 --> 01:12:42,481 Okay, broad headings: 975 01:12:42,516 --> 01:12:44,794 better clothing, including long trousers; 976 01:12:44,844 --> 01:12:47,773 better sanitary conditions, including hot water; 977 01:12:47,844 --> 01:12:50,452 study privileges, including materials; 978 01:12:50,522 --> 01:12:54,254 rights to information in newspapers, magazines, books; 979 01:12:54,383 --> 01:12:55,770 equal and better food. 980 01:12:55,854 --> 01:12:56,604 Is that it? 981 01:12:56,660 --> 01:12:58,719 One other matter, Helen. 982 01:12:59,815 --> 01:13:01,995 I have not complained about discipline. 983 01:13:02,041 --> 01:13:05,449 Discipline is something that prisoners should accept. 984 01:13:05,550 --> 01:13:08,199 But victimization, 985 01:13:09,421 --> 01:13:10,814 persecution, 986 01:13:12,154 --> 01:13:15,232 flagrant injustice... 987 01:13:16,001 --> 01:13:18,093 those are things that no prisoner 988 01:13:18,346 --> 01:13:20,682 should be forced to accept. 989 01:13:34,226 --> 01:13:35,281 Run! 990 01:13:35,461 --> 01:13:38,479 Run, you lazy pieces of shit! Run! 991 01:13:40,610 --> 01:13:43,047 No! No more! 992 01:13:45,855 --> 01:13:47,694 What did you say, kaffir? 993 01:13:48,268 --> 01:13:50,513 No. No more running. 994 01:13:50,646 --> 01:13:53,715 I will walk to the quarry, but I will no longer run. 995 01:13:55,919 --> 01:13:58,963 Corporal, run the rest of these kaffirs to the quarry. 996 01:13:58,998 --> 01:14:00,104 Yes, Sergeant. 997 01:14:00,399 --> 01:14:02,417 All right. Prisoners, run! 998 01:14:06,123 --> 01:14:09,560 Kathrada, Mbeki, all of you, move! 999 01:14:11,634 --> 01:14:13,779 You will all get solitary for this. 1000 01:14:13,814 --> 01:14:15,051 All of you! 1001 01:14:15,442 --> 01:14:16,928 You will all lose your privileges for a year. 1002 01:14:16,963 --> 01:14:20,257 No... no letters. No visitors. 1003 01:14:20,292 --> 01:14:22,863 You will all have your sentences increased! 1004 01:14:23,662 --> 01:14:28,232 It would be very difficult for you to increase my life sentence, Sergeant. 1005 01:14:28,333 --> 01:14:30,885 And his. And his. 1006 01:14:31,469 --> 01:14:32,797 And his. 1007 01:14:34,993 --> 01:14:36,431 Sergeant... 1008 01:14:40,973 --> 01:14:42,913 we will no longer run to the quarry. 1009 01:14:42,948 --> 01:14:46,022 But we will walk. 1010 01:14:52,586 --> 01:14:55,136 We are awaiting your orders, Sergeant. 1011 01:15:02,234 --> 01:15:03,651 Walk. 1012 01:15:20,652 --> 01:15:22,822 You got what you wanted. 1013 01:15:27,458 --> 01:15:29,562 I'm being sent away. 1014 01:15:30,855 --> 01:15:33,624 I wish you well, Warder Van Rensburg. 1015 01:15:34,544 --> 01:15:36,235 I wish you well. 1016 01:15:56,404 --> 01:15:58,777 I am so sorry about your son. 1017 01:16:01,012 --> 01:16:04,082 That was one of the worst days, 1018 01:16:04,128 --> 01:16:06,184 when they told me about his passing 1019 01:16:06,810 --> 01:16:08,619 and I couldn't comfort you. 1020 01:16:10,717 --> 01:16:13,724 It is difficult for me to believe that... 1021 01:16:14,678 --> 01:16:17,149 I will never see him again. 1022 01:16:20,631 --> 01:16:23,701 The order is so wrong with everything. 1023 01:16:25,134 --> 01:16:27,901 A son is not supposed to go before his father. 1024 01:16:32,508 --> 01:16:34,381 I read the Bible. 1025 01:16:35,611 --> 01:16:39,579 I read the Bible four times, from cover to cover. 1026 01:16:40,677 --> 01:16:42,912 I did not know it was possible. 1027 01:16:45,070 --> 01:16:47,418 But with all those hours, and... 1028 01:16:48,176 --> 01:16:49,801 and days, and... 1029 01:16:51,810 --> 01:16:53,611 and no one to talk to. 1030 01:17:04,581 --> 01:17:09,334 I am so sorry that I have been so powerless to... 1031 01:17:10,556 --> 01:17:11,950 help you. 1032 01:17:15,509 --> 01:17:17,366 The girls send their love. 1033 01:17:17,939 --> 01:17:19,869 I miss them so much. 1034 01:17:27,766 --> 01:17:29,827 Are you all right, Zami? 1035 01:17:33,092 --> 01:17:35,327 You must not worry about me. 1036 01:17:40,344 --> 01:17:42,597 They can never hurt me again. 1037 01:17:42,913 --> 01:17:44,831 They've made me stronger. 1038 01:17:45,248 --> 01:17:47,298 Zami, my love... 1039 01:17:47,333 --> 01:17:49,113 Much stronger. 1040 01:18:04,313 --> 01:18:05,848 - Merry Christmas! - Ho, ho, ho! 1041 01:18:05,883 --> 01:18:08,558 Ruth and Joe. Welcome. 1042 01:18:08,593 --> 01:18:11,123 Adelaide, it's so good to see you. 1043 01:18:11,158 --> 01:18:12,638 Every time I visit, you're out. 1044 01:18:12,673 --> 01:18:15,188 Oh, they keep me so busy at that Whittington Hospital. 1045 01:18:15,223 --> 01:18:16,769 My lovely wife is modest. 1046 01:18:16,817 --> 01:18:18,594 My darlings. 1047 01:18:18,672 --> 01:18:20,765 Look at you, you're so big. 1048 01:18:20,800 --> 01:18:24,069 Adelaide, put your feet up, my dear. You've earned it. 1049 01:18:24,168 --> 01:18:27,419 Besides, I'm known to be a master chef, amongst other things. 1050 01:18:27,469 --> 01:18:28,775 My beautiful wife? 1051 01:18:28,870 --> 01:18:30,008 Not very modest. 1052 01:18:30,107 --> 01:18:31,153 Why should she be? 1053 01:18:31,190 --> 01:18:33,122 Her writings will have a great impact on our cause. 1054 01:18:33,157 --> 01:18:34,501 You think my writing's good, 1055 01:18:34,536 --> 01:18:36,499 wait till you try my roast potatoes. 1056 01:18:36,534 --> 01:18:37,283 Ah... 1057 01:18:38,233 --> 01:18:39,500 She's not lying. 1058 01:18:49,096 --> 01:18:51,236 What do you say now, chaps? Huh? 1059 01:18:51,271 --> 01:18:52,638 Long pants, huh? 1060 01:18:52,673 --> 01:18:55,499 Go ahead, Govan! Let's hear it, huh? 1061 01:18:55,663 --> 01:18:58,777 Sure, it means admitting Nelson's strategy works. 1062 01:18:58,855 --> 01:19:00,579 But at least your legs will be warmer, eh? 1063 01:19:00,649 --> 01:19:02,698 Okay, okay, okay. 1064 01:19:02,799 --> 01:19:04,930 Madiba, you win. 1065 01:19:05,628 --> 01:19:08,847 I still disagree with most of your methods, but, uh, 1066 01:19:09,195 --> 01:19:11,039 you're right about one thing. 1067 01:19:11,074 --> 01:19:13,251 If we're going to survive on this island, 1068 01:19:13,616 --> 01:19:15,485 we have to stay united. 1069 01:19:17,154 --> 01:19:21,059 Oh! 1070 01:19:21,402 --> 01:19:25,430 I used to be impatient with my tailor if I had to wait three weeks for a suit. 1071 01:19:26,129 --> 01:19:28,392 Now I have waited three years 1072 01:19:28,544 --> 01:19:30,710 for a pair of White man's pants. 1073 01:19:31,291 --> 01:19:32,969 I could not be happier. 1074 01:19:46,585 --> 01:19:48,349 Dinner is served. 1075 01:19:49,664 --> 01:19:51,232 That smells great, Auntie Ruth. 1076 01:19:52,915 --> 01:19:55,199 Go now. Don't forget the extra chair. 1077 01:19:55,234 --> 01:19:56,666 Were you expecting another guest? 1078 01:19:56,739 --> 01:19:58,758 We always put a chair for Uncle Nelson. 1079 01:20:04,135 --> 01:20:06,704 Before we serve the food, a prayer. 1080 01:20:08,670 --> 01:20:14,110 Dear Lord, we thank you for our many blessings: 1081 01:20:14,311 --> 01:20:16,790 for family, and friends, 1082 01:20:17,251 --> 01:20:20,134 and the beautiful Christmas dinner we are about to eat. 1083 01:20:21,395 --> 01:20:25,689 And we thank you for watching over our brothers 1084 01:20:26,196 --> 01:20:28,198 so far away on Robben Island. 1085 01:20:30,161 --> 01:20:32,283 - Amen. - Amen. 1086 01:20:32,318 --> 01:20:33,511 - Let us eat, huh? - Yes. 1087 01:20:33,553 --> 01:20:35,350 I am starving. 1088 01:20:35,486 --> 01:20:37,439 You are always starving. 1089 01:20:37,857 --> 01:20:42,857 Sync and corrections by explosiveskull www.addic7ed.com