The problem with a film biography of someone like Nelson Mandela (was there anyone like Nelson Mandela?) is the self-imposed tiptoeing required in the Great Man school of moviemaking. The triumphs ...

The 'Training Day' and 'Equalizer' director's 94-minute Sundance premiere covers Mandela's life, with a boost from artist ...

Anthony Sampson, 78, a British journalist and biographer of former South African President Nelson Mandela, died Saturday at his home in Wiltshire, England, of unspecified causes. Most recently a ...

Personality of the Day discusses influential people who have left an indelible mark on the world through their work, leadership, or ideas. Today’s personality is Nelson Mandela, who was a global ...

Mandela covers the period in the eponymous figure’s life from his militant activities and subsequent imprisonment in the early 1960s to his release from prison in 1990. Perhaps because the piece is ...