How Is Invictus Historically Accurate

Invictus: Is it Hollywood or is it History?

“It always seems impossible until it’s done ”-Nelson Mandela (ewallpaperhub.com)

I have recently watched Invictus, a movie about Nelson Mandela's presidency, and then researched the true events, time, and people. In this paper I will prove that the film was not historically accurate by discussing the true historical people and events, summarizing the movie, and comparing and contrasting how the movie portrayed the true events and people.

Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918, in Mvezo, South Africa. He was named Rolihlahla, meaning troublemaker. When Mandela turned seven his father sent him to a British missionary school, where his english name became Mandella. When his father

Mandela learned about leadership at the Great Place. He went to a special ceremony to celebrate leadership where he heard about racism for the first time. Mandela started to realize all was not well in his country. Chief Jongintaba arranged for Mandela to have an arranged marriage, but he didn’t want this so he ran away to Johannesburg. There Mandela started an ANC youth group. Mandela married Evelyn Maze in 1944. He went to prison for the first time on November 7th, 1962; for a peaceful ANC meeting. After this experience Mandela saw his way of protesting differently. The ANC decided to take a more direct action, such as boycotting or rallies and strikes. In 1958 Evelyn and Mandela divorce. In June 14, 1958 Mandela and Winnie Madikizela got married until March 19, 1996 when they filed for a divorce. In the winter of 1964, Nelson Mandela arrived on Robben Island where he would spent 18 of his 27 years in prison. He was confined to a small cell, the floor his bed, a bucket for a toilet, and he was forced to do hard labor in a quarry. He was allowed one visitor a year for 30 minutes. He could write and receive one letter every six months. But Robben Island became

(In the USA at least.) The producers were Clint Eastwood, Mace Neufeld, Lori McCreary, and Robert Lorenz. It was also directed by Clint Eastwood. The writing credits or WGA went to Anthony Peckham and John Carlin. Troy Reynolds worked on the animation department. The music was made by Michael Stevens and Kyle Eastwood. The featured song was World In Union. Leon van der Merwe did set decorations. Fiona Weir did the