Voices from the Island (1994)
Nelson Mandela and his fellow ex-prisoners recall their incarceration on South Africa's Robben Island. For three decades, the island housed not only political prisoners but convicts, lepers and the mentally ill. Yet amidst the hopelessness, Nelson Mandela and his comrades devised strategies and subterfuges with which they transformed life on the island, while the vision of a new South Africa began to take shape.
Director: Adam Low
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0074rmv/arena-voices-from-the-island
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Nelson Mandela as Self |
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Lionel Davis as Self (voice) |
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Kwezi Kobus as Self (voice) |
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Hein Lottering as Self (voice) |
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Richard Porte as Self (voice) |
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Bryant Tindleni as Self (voice) |
| Production | Claudia Schadeberg | Producer |
| Camera | Michael Hammon | Camera Operator |
| Production | Nigel Finch | Executive Producer |
| Production | Anthony Wall | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Adam Low | Director |
| Sound | Simon Rice | Sound |
| Writing | Adam Low | Writer |