A portrait of Nelson Mandela an icon of the struggle for liberation through his own words and those from Olivier Tambo the president of ANC.

"Your freedom and mine cannot be separated" are the words written by Nelson Mandela from his prison cell to the people of South Africa in 1985. Through interviews with leaders of the African National Congress, archival film and photographs, and the words of Nelson Mandela himself, this video provides an introduction to the man who became an international symbol of resistance to South African apartheid. NELSON MANDELA: THE STRUGGLE IS MY LIFE Dir: Lionel Ngakane 1985, 45 minutes, video. Distributed by Third World Newsreel. 2011 - Anthology Film Archives (New York) - April 2011 * This screening is part of: UNITED WE STAND: SOUTH AFRICAN CINEMA DURING APARTHEID