BAFTA Los Angeles Humanitarian Award for Mandela Movie's Idris Elba

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BAFTA Los Angeles Humanitarian Award for Mandela Movie's Idris Elba

Idris Elba who plays Nelson Mandela in Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom, was awarded the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Los Angeles Britannia Humanitarian Award Saturday night.  The Britannia Awards are BAFTA Los Angeles' highest accolade and is a celebration of achievements which honours individuals and companies that have dedicated their careers to advancing the entertainment arts.

The Awards Ceremony took place last night at the Beverly Hilton Hotel where Mandela's daughter, Zindzi and actor, Sean Penn presented the award to Elba.

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Successful White House Screening of Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom

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Successful White House Screening of Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom

US president, Barack Obama hosted a special screening of Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom at the White House last night in the company of producer Anant Singh, Mandela's daughters, Zindzi and Zenani, lead actors Idris Elba and Naomie Harris and director, Justin Chadwick.Also in attendance were South African ambassador to the United State, Ebrahim Rasool; former US ambassador to South Africa, Donald Gips and his wife, Gill; editor of Time Magazine, Richard Stengel and US distributor of the film, Harvey Weinstein and his fashion designer wife, Georgina Chapman.

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Obama to host Mandela Movie Screening at White House

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Obama to host Mandela Movie Screening at White House

Following on the successful premiere of Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom on Sunday, 3 November, Anant Singh announced today that US president Barack Obama will host a special screening of the film at the White House in Washington on Thursday, 7 November. Singh and members of the Mandela family have been invited.

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Mandela Film to be Screened in US Schools

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Mandela Film to be Screened in US Schools

The film based on the life of former president Nelson Mandela, "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom", will be introduced to American classrooms, the Nelson Mandela Foundation said on Tuesday.

"There are no words to describe how meaningful it is to us to know that thousands of miles away school children are learning the history of our country and the father of our democracy," CEO Sello Hatang said in a statement.

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