Project Detail

The Man Who Drove with Mandela

Synopsis

During the time of apartheid Nelson Mandela drove around South Africa in a limousine disguised as a chauffeur while organizing the armed struggle against the apartheid regime. But who was the distinguished looking white man sitting in the back seat? Meet Cecil Williams, an acclaimed gay white theatre director and communist.
Official Selection Berlinale 2019 - Panorama 40

Details

Year: 1998
Type of project: Features
Running time: 80 mins
Director: Greta Schiller
Producer: Simon Allen, Mark Gevisser, Greta Schiller
Co-Producer: Andrea Weiss
Editor: Prisca Swan
Screenwriter: Mark Gevisser
Director of Photography: Michelle Crenshaw, Tania Hoser
Production Designer: Sheba Pombeah
Sound: Gita Cerveira, Maggie Ellis
Composer: Philip Miller, Zoltan Kovats, Daniel Neal, Vuumsi Mdluu
Principal cast: Corin Redgrave

Genre

LGBTQIA+ Human Rights Woman Director

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

UK, South Africa, US, Netherlands, Belgium co-production

Beulah Films (ZA), Jezebel Films (UK, US), British Film Institute (UK), VPRO (NL), SABC (ZA)

Sales Company

SND Films

Jezebel Productions

PO Box 1348
New York
NY 10113-1348
USA

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