Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela
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Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela is a 2006 documentary film
about a generation of men who left South Africa
to form the African National Congress
and spread their message across the world. Considered terrorists by the U.S. government, filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris
focuses on his stepfather Benjamin Pule Leinaeng, who was among the first ANC members to leave South Africa in 1960.
Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela was met with critical acclaim, winning an Independent Spirit Award nomination for its Stranger Than Fiction category and was aired on PBS
as part of its Point of View
series in 2006.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
about a generation of men who left South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
to form the African National Congress
African National Congress
The African National Congress is South Africa's governing Africanist political party, supported by its tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party , since the establishment of non-racial democracy in April 1994. It defines itself as a...
and spread their message across the world. Considered terrorists by the U.S. government, filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris
Thomas Allen Harris
Thomas Allen Harris is the founder and President of Chimpanzee Productions a company dedicated to producing unique audio-visual experiences that illuminate the Human Condition and the search for identity, family, and spirituality...
focuses on his stepfather Benjamin Pule Leinaeng, who was among the first ANC members to leave South Africa in 1960.
Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela was met with critical acclaim, winning an Independent Spirit Award nomination for its Stranger Than Fiction category and was aired on PBS
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
as part of its Point of View
P.O.V.
POV is a Public Broadcasting Service Public television series which features independent nonfiction films. POV is a cinema term for "point of view"....
series in 2006.
External links
- Twelve Disciples on IMDb
- http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archive/200608/20060811.html#- Tavis Smiley Interview with Thomas Allen Harris
- P.O.V. Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela - PBS's site dedicated to the film