The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela

FRONTLINE profiles the most widely known and revered political leader in the world--Nelson Mandela. Credited with the reversal of apartheid in a South Africa controlled by two generations of stern Afrikaner leaders who enforced the ideology of racial separation, Mandela stands as an all-embracing giant who brought about his nations extraordinary peaceful transformation to democracy. In the most in-depth film biography of Mandela ever undertaken, the broadcast tells the story of his life through interviews with intimates--from his most trusted associates to his jailers on Robben Island, the prison where he was held for twenty-seven years. The two-hour film offers an insider's account of his extraordinary will to lead and of the great risk and personal sacrifice he endured to achieve democracy and equality for the people of his nation.

Detta är historien om mannen som ledde kampen mot apartheid-regimen i Sydafrika och till slut blev landets president och frihetskampens världskända ansikte utåt. Nelson Mandela – av folket given hederstiteln Madiba. I samtal med hans vänner, politiska bundsförvanter, motståndare samt medfångar och fängelsevakter på Robben Island – där Mandela tillbringade 18 av sina 27 år i fängelse – får vi en bild av mannen bakom myten.