Documentary screening Oxford: Free Nelson Mandela

ACTSA is pleased to be involved in the Oxford screening of ‘Free Nelson Mandela’, the first of a four-part series by Channel 4 and Rogan Productions. The screening (47 minutes long) will be followed by a panel discussion chaired by Reverend Dr Liz Carmichael, Emeritus Fellow at St John’s College.

Tickets are free – register here.

Speakers include Athol Williams, a South African academic and author based at the University of Oxford, James Rogan, Creative Director of Rogan Productions and Chitra Karve, Chair of Trustees of ACTSA.

Free Nelson Mandela (directed by James Rogan) is the story of the biggest campaign for a single prisoner in history, and the man who became, for many, the greatest politician of the twentieth century. The series documents Mandela’s journey from activist to revolutionary, from prisoner to negotiator and how he led South Africa to democracy from a prison cell.

The image of Mandela walking free from prison after 27 years is one of the most iconic in history. It took a fierce political struggle and cultural battle to bring about his freedom, producing a global people-powered movement and an explosion of musical activism. With extensive access to those who fought for his freedom and the people at the heart of the anti-apartheid movement, including some of the world’s biggest music stars and hours of previously unseen material, this three-part series, for the first time, tells the story in full.