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Jennifer Hudson & Terrence Howard in New 'Winnie Mandela' Trailer

by Ethan Anderton
August 6, 2013

After debuting the first trailer last fall, the biographical drama Winne Mandela (formerly known as Winnie) is coming to theaters this fall, with hope for some awards season attention. This makes the second film focusing on the lives of the Mandela family along with Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. However, as the title indicates, this film focuses more on Nelson Mandela's wife as she campaigns for his release from prison and helps fight against apartheid. Jennifer Hudson plays Winnie while Terrence Howard plays Nelson. The film feels like it's built on a familiar template, but maybe the performances will make it shine.

Here's the new trailer for Darrell Roodt's Winnie Mandela from Blackfilm (via The Playlist):

Focus ranges from her image as a mother, wife and steadfast supporter of her husband, to campaigning for his release from jail and fight against apartheid. The story in it focuses not so much on the sometimes negative press she received, but on the powerful love story that kept Winnie and Nelson together for years.

Winnie is directed by veteran South African filmmaker Darrell Roodt, whose past work includes a lot of low budget action flicks. The screenplay was co-written by Roodt as well as Andre Pieterse and Paul L. Johnson. It's based on the biography written by Anne Marie du Preez Bezdrob. This first premiered at the Toronto Film Festvial back in 2011, and finally hits theaters starting September 13th, if anyone is still interested.

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Reader Feedback - 6 Comments

Dear Hollywood, Please space out the release of these films. As much as we love them they are noted as "timeless classics" meaning they should be enjoyed and viewed yes but on a limited basis not constantly. Sincerely, Average Movie Watcher

Charlie Hard on Aug 6, 2013

I think the trend is that there is a low budget version made that hopefully tries to piggyback the publicity of the other film, someone must get wind of the original at production stage. There's a name for it in business, but I can't remember it.

Carpola on Aug 7, 2013

Actually I believe that after "Long Walk to Freedom" this is the most expensive South African Film ever made. . . .

Lee Marshall on Aug 19, 2013

$3000 dollar budget? Just kidding, I'm sure it will be fine, Winnie Mandela is a proper nutcase, but by South African standards, she's definitely not anywhere near the maddest.

Carpola on Aug 19, 2013

So would Invicta, this and 'The Long Walk To Freedom' form a sort of 'spiritual trilogy', in a sense?

Chris Groves on Aug 6, 2013

Is this the lower budget Mandela movie?

Carpola on Aug 7, 2013

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