Reconciliation: Mandela's Miracle

Director Michael Henry Wilson and Producer Present

Once considered a “terrorist”, Nelson Mandela saved his country from bloody civil war and dismantled the system of apartheid through the spirit of reconciliation, a strategy that shepherded in a peaceful transition from apartheid to a democracy.

“Mandela’s miracle,” as South Africans term it, is driven by the notion that even the most terrible tyranny can be overcome through reconciliation, as both the oppressed and the oppressors need to be liberated from the vice-grip of prejudice and injustice. Mandela, who spent more than 27 years in prison as an anti-apartheid activist, is seen as an exemplary hero who broke down an inhumane ideology after having been its most notorious victim: "a Biblical figure" whose wisdom will be a source of inspiration for future generations. Director Clint Eastwood, on the set of his Invictus, sums it up simply: "The world needs people like him."

Print Source: High Wire Productions, Carole J. Wilson, wilson.reconciliation@gmail.com