As Invictus begins, the newly elected President Mandela faces a country divided by racial tensions. The transition to an integrated society has only just begun, and the process has been difficult.

"I felt safe with him." What happened after Pienaar's meeting with Mandela was so magical that it seemed to unfold like a movie. Now, 15 years later, it is. "Invictus," a Clint Eastwood-directed ...

And you can't help loving Morgan "The-Voice-of-God" Freeman playing Nelson Mandela. "Invictus" is ostensibly about a rugby team helping to unite a nation, but it's really a reverential tribute to ...

With his newest film, “Invictus,” opening this weekend, audiences will witness the stunning transformation of Freeman into beloved, South African leader, Nelson Mandela. “Invictus ...

Morgan Freeman‘s performance as Nelson Mandela in “Invictus” is, like Clint Eastwood‘s film as a whole, constructed of deliberate decisions and never feels false. Freeman is so in-tune ...

And “Invictus” is better for it. Eastwood directed this based-on-fact story set during the 1995 Rugby World Cup, which was held in South Africa in the early years of Nelson Mandela’s presidency.

On the other, black youths play soccer across a dirt field. Between the two rolls Mandela — "Madiba" to his followers. "Invictus," too, cuts an unlikely path, choosing to tell the story of South ...

Invictus is based on the 2008 book Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation, written by John Carlin. According to IMDb, it tells the story of South African President ...

These are a few lines from the poem "Invictus" by William Ernest Henley, which Nelson Mandela kept on his bare wall in prison. And the lines above, and the poem as a whole are such a beautiful ...

“Invictus” opens with a particularly illustrative tableau centering on a 1990 motorcade driving a just-freed Mandela from his Robben Island prison. On one side of the road, black South ...

Freeman has been waiting years to portray the South African president and symbol of aparthied resistance, Nelson Mandela, and in Invictus, Freeman finally has his moment with a powerful story to ...