'Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom' Rocks Toronto Film Festival

'Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom' Rocks Toronto Film Festival

Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom, the highly anticipated film adaptation of Nelson Mandela's autobiography, made its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday, 7 September 2013. The film received an unprecedented eight minute standing ovation coupled with a rapturous applause at the Festival's Gala venue, the 2600-seater The Roy Thomson Hall, resulting in social media platforms buzzing with praise for the film. The film had a sell-out second screening in the 2000-seater Princess Of Wales Theatre with crowds queuing up an entire block to get to see the film.

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Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom: Toronto Review

Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom: Toronto Review

It takes a commanding actor to fill the shoes of the man most instrumental in ending institutionalized oppression in South Africa, and the charismatic Idris Elba proves equal to the task in Mandela: Long Walk to FreedomDirected by Justin Chadwick with perhaps an inhibiting sense of cultural responsibility but also with the emotional sweep that such a momentous life story demands, this is sumptuously produced epic-scale bio-drama stamped from the classic mold.

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Nelson Mandela Film has Toronto Premiere

Nelson Mandela Film has Toronto Premiere

British stars took to the red carpet at the Toronto Film Festival on Saturday for the premiere of the new Nelson Mandela biopic, Long Walk to Freedom.

The film was inspired by the former South African president's autobiography and stars Luther actor Idris Elba in the title role.

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Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom takes Toronto by Storm

Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom takes Toronto by Storm

Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom had its first international screening at the Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday, 7 September 2013. The stars of the film Idris ElbaNaomie HarrisRiaad MoosaTerry PhetoDeon Lotz and Lindiwe Matshikiza surprised throngs of fans when they stopped to pose for pictures with them before taking to the red carpet. The screening ended on a high note with an unprecedented eight minute standing ovation from a visibly moved audience.

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