The Movie Winnie Mandela - 925 Words

The movie â€Å"Winnie Mandela† was a movie that caught my attention, but it left me wanting to know more about Winnie as well as the relationship between Winnie and Nelson and their two daughters. I really think the movie was worth watching because it made me aware of the struggles people went through in South Africa, especially amongst the people that were using nonviolent protesting. However, I felt as if there was not enough information given. I had to look up more information because I wanted to know more besides what the movie gave me. I read about Nelson Mandela, but I never read about or watched a movie on Winnie Mandela and her life story. Thus, I will write about my reactions towards the movie, as well as how Winnie was a woman in a social movement. Winnie is one of the most inspiring women I have learned while in college. When times were hard, Winnie was the one to still believe that there was a better life, a life without apartheid. Not only was Winnie a mother or a wife, but she was also an activist. The movie portrayed Winnie as a strong woman especially at a very young age. The movie started out with Winnie being a young girl, and sticking with the boys around her age. By this she proved to many that she was more than just a typical girl, she was a strong girl. Also, she even told her father that she did not want to fit in the traditional role as being a woman or a mother; rather she wanted to go outside the traditional roles of a South African woman. EspeciallyShow MoreRelatedThe At South Africa, And Present Part Of My Thesis989 Words   |  4 Pageswas Nelson Mandela. He was a radical and was arrested for speaking out about the treatment of people. Then he became president, voted by the people. During this time also, South Africa went from being a monarchy to a democratic nation. In getting prepared for South Africa, the class watched the movie Long Walk to Freedom. Which is the civil rights activism of Nelson Mandela. In South Africa , we went to Nelson Mandela’s houses and had a tour of his first house with wife Winnie Mandela. Though theirRead MoreNelson Mandela Spiritual Biography2263 Words   |  10 PagesRunaway, Terrorist, Prisoner, Student, President, South African, Free Nelson Mandela challenged the status quo in many ways weather it was done politically, socially, or personally, in order to achieve such high goals Mandela paid many great personal expenses. Before the acts of Nelson Mandela, the country of South Africa was broken; it was plunged in a deep racism with the election in 1948. The regime of 1948 committed the crime of Apartheid which is defined as the action of committing inhumaneRead MoreNelson Mandelas Leadership4907 Words   |  20 Pages..............................................19 Page 4 NELOSN MANDELA’S LEADERSHIP June 6, 2012 ABSTRACT TOPIC: Nelson Mandela’s Leadership REASON OF CHOICE: Reason and inspiration of choosing him as a worthy leader, has become the movie ,,Invictus† OUR PURPOSE: Present Nelson Mandela’s diverse characteristics, styles, tactics through analysis that explains him as successful leader. WHAT HAVE BEEN DONE? - For our purpose we have provided: ï‚ · Theoretical studies; ï‚ · Data collectionRead MoreNelson Mandelas Leadership Style and Philosophy of Life2130 Words   |  8 PagesRichard Stengel assisted Nelson Mandela with his autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom (1993) and produced a documentary about his life three years later. They also collaborated on Mandelas Way (2010) which offers fifteen lessons on his leadership style, philosophy of life and lessons he learned during this twenty-seven years in prison. Mandela is a genuinely modest and humane man whose entire life was given over to the cause of social justice, the emancipation of the black majority in South AfricaRead MoreEssay On Tupac1329 Words   |  6 Pagesbought her supply. But Tupac s love for hip hop would steer him away from a life of crime (for a while at least). At 17, in the spring of 1989, he met an older white woman, Leila Steinberg, in a park, and they struck up a conversation about Winnie Mandela. Steinberg would later recall a young man with fan-like eyelashes, overflowing charisma, and the most infectious laugh. By the time they met, Tupac was obsessively writing poetry (The world moves fast and it would rather pass u by / than 2Read MoreStephen P. Robbins Timothy A. Judge (2011) Organizational Behaviour 15th Edition New Jersey: Prentice Hall393164 Words   |  1573 Pages 2011) Mother Teresa, CEO: Unexpected Principles for Practical Leadership (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2011) Polar Bear Pirates and Their Quest to Engage the Sleepwalkers: Motivate Everyday People to Deliver Extraordinary Results (Capstone, 2011) Winnie-the-Pooh on Management: In Which a Very Important Bear and His Friends Are Introduced to a Very Important Subject (Pengui n, 2011) Chicken Lips, Wheeler-Dealer, and the Beady-Eyed M.B.A.: An Entrepreneurs Wild Adventures on the New Silk Road (Wiley