Yesterday marked Nelson Mandela’s 95th birthday. While leaders and dignitaries the world over offers thoughts and praise for the South African hero, The Weinstein Co. chose the occasion to release the first trailer for its upcoming biopic of the iconic anti-apartheid revolutionary.
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom stars Idris Elba as the iconic leader. This is the role that should finally make Elba a household name in North America; many here still only know him as Stringer Bell, and are not familiar with the rest of his varied-and-often excellent overall body of work in television and film. I expect all that to change though once this performance (most likely) nabs him his first Oscar nomination.
The stirring trailer is embedded after the jump..
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