The Nelson Mandela Foundation has authorized an unprecedented documentary series that will bring Nelson Mandela's extraordinary life story to screens through his own voice and writings.
In the works for two years,"MANDELA: LIFE" is slated for a global release on April 27, 2025 - the 31st anniversary of South Africa's first democratic elections. It comes thirty years after the end of apartheid and a decade after Mandela's death in 2013 at age 95. Harris added:"This will be the first documentary or documentary series that we've authorized as the Nelson Mandela Foundation and in revisiting his life, especially with the challenge of surfacing his voice, we have authorized the use of archival materials to translate what he wrote to himself into a voice that people can hear."
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