The 16th man [videorecording] / ESPN films presents a Revelations Entertainment Production in association with Shadow Pictures ; produced & directed by Clifford Bestall ; writer, John Carlin.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Publisher:
Go Entertain,
Copyright Date:
2010?
Description:
1 videodisc (52 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Narrated by Morgan Freeman ; with: Morris du Plessis, Francois Pienaar, James Small, Justice Bekebeke, Chester Williams, Koos Botha, Tokyo Sexwale. Originally produced in 2010 for episode 13 of the ESPN series 30 for 30.
Summary:
During the apartheid era, South African teams had been banned from international competition, and its exclusion from rugby was an especially severe blow to the white population. Blacks, on the other hand, saw the national Springbok team & its colors as symbols of oppression and cheered against their home team. With the 1995 Rugby World Cup set to take place in South Africa, Mandela recognized an opportunity with the Springboks to achieve national unity through sport. Rugby has long been viewed in South Africa as a game for the white population, and the country's success in the sport has been a true source of Afrikaner pride. When the 50-year-old policies and entrenched injustices of apartheid were finally overthrown in 1994, Nelson Mandela's new government began rebuilding a nation badly in need of racial unity. So the world was watching when South Africa played host to the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Though they had only one non-white player, the South African Springboks gained supporters of all colours as they made an improbable run into the final match where they beat the heavily favoured New Zealand team. When Mandela himself marched to the center of the pitch cloaked in a Springbok jersey and shook hands with the captain of the South African team, two nations became one. Morgan Freeman and director Cliff Bestall tell the emotional story of that cornerstone moment and what it meant to South Africa's healing process.
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