Zindzi Mandela, daughter of former president Nelson Mandela, second from left, poses for a photograph with British Actor Naomie Harris, left, as housing minister Yokyo Sexwale, right, watches during a news conference held on the eve of the South African premier of the film "Mandela - Long Walk To Freedom, in Johannesburg, Saturday Nov. 2, 2013. The biographical film directed by Justin Chadwick, is based on South African President Nelson Mandela's autobiography of the same name, which chronicles his early life, coming of age, education and 27 years in prison before becoming President and working to rebuild the country’s once segregated society. Harris stars as Winnie Mandela wife to Nelson Mandela, backdrop.Is that me?" Anant Singh, the South African producer of "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom," recalled a smiling Mandela as saying when he saw a picture of actor Idris Elba as an elderly version of the man who spent 27 years in jail under white minority rule. After he was freed, Mandela led South Africa through a difficult transition to its first racially inclusive elections in 1994, a historic event that propelled him to the presidency and inspired many around the world.
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