Nelson Mandela - Long Walk to Freedom on DVD

I had wanted to see this movie on the big screen. However, I did have some reservations about it, because I knew that there was quite a bit of violence in it. But after having watched it on DVD, along with other movies about apartheid in South Africa, I thought it wasn't so bad.

This movie actually did go more in to what it was like for Mandela while he was in prison. That is what I really wanted to see. I wanted to know what, and perhaps how he went about his transformation. The movie did not go in to much of that, but you could see the outward signs of how he was changing and acting. He spoke his mind with peace and respect. He spoke more with his do wants, in a firm and confident way.

After Mandela was out of prison, and in a meeting, he responded to a question about his being peaceful. He replied that it was the only way he could be.

Mandela had learned his life lessons very well, and there was no going back.

I highly recommend this DVD:

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, DVD on Amazon

Mandela's autobiography is also available in paperback.

Cheryl Paton