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Mandela and de Klerk is a 1997 made-for-television drama film written by Richard Wesley and directed by Joseph Sargent. The film stars Sidney Poitier and Michael Caine. The film documents the negotiations between F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela to end South African apartheid, and was nominated for numerous awards in 1997 and 1998.
Nov 12, 2021 · De Klerk released Mandela later that year, and after five years of tempestuous and difficult negotiations, Mandela became the first democratically elected president of South Africa—and de...
Feb 16, 1997 · Sidney Poitier and Michael Caine star as Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk, the leaders of South Africa who ended apartheid and freed Mandela from prison. The film covers the period from Mandela's trial in 1964 to his release in 1990, based on historical events and newsreel footage.
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- Joseph Sargent
- 1997-02-16
The Nobel Peace Prize 1993 was awarded jointly to Nelson Mandela and Frederik Willem de Klerk "for their work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa"
177M subscribers. Subscribed. 97. The acclaimed true story of the events that reshaped South African history—the peaceful abolition of apartheid and the life of Nelson Mandela, the man who made...
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De Klerk's working relationship with Mandela was often strained, with the former finding it difficult adjusting to the fact that he was no longer State President. De Klerk also felt that Mandela deliberately humiliated him, while Mandela found de Klerk to be needlessly provocative in cabinet.
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In 1990 South Africa's President Frederik Willem de Klerk decided to release Nelson Mandela, leader of the liberation movement, who had been in prison since 1963. Following the release, the two politicians worked together to bring an end to the policy of racial segregation.
