Golden Bear Nominated “Goodbye Bafana” Releases in Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore
Bill August’s Golden Bear Nominated film Goodbye Bafana releases in India this friday, July 18 at PVR Cinemas across Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore.
Goodbye Bafana, a story about the unusual relationship between a white prison officer (Joseph Fiennes) and his prisoner Nelson Mandela (Dennis Haysbert), is based on a book by James Gregory. The book has invited criticism and controversy and the facts that it present have been questioned by the official biographer of Mandela. Poised against the backdrop of South Africa’s struggle against apartheid the film is an account of the prison guard’s journey from hatred to compassion. Winner of the Peace Prize at the 2007 Berlin International Film Festival.
The filming of ‘Goodbye Bafana’ began in South Africa in April 2006 and showcases 30 years of South African history in 44 shooting days. The movie was shot in original locations and it takes you through the same corridors and cells that Mandela and his comrades were locked up in for nearly three decades. ‘Goodbye Bafana’ won the Peace Prize at the Berlin Film Festival 2007 and was nominated for the Golden Bear for Best Motion Picture.
Synopsis:
Twenty-five million blacks are ruled by a minority of four million whites under the brutal Apartheid regime of the Nationalist Party Government. Black people have no vote, no land rights, no rights to freedom of movement, to own a business, to housing or education. Determined to retain power, whites ban all black opposition organisations, forcing their leaders into exile or imprisoning them for life on Robben Island.
James Gregory (Joseph Fiennes), a typical white Afrikaner, regards blacks as sub-human. Having grown up on a farm in the Transkei, he learned to speak Xhosa at an early age. This makes him an ideal choice to become the warder in charge of Mandela (Dennis Haysbert) and his comrades on Robben Island. After all, Gregory speaks their language and can spy on them.
However, through Mandela’s influence, Gregory starts to believe Mandela’s ideas of a free and democratic South Africa. Forced to either follow these new ideas or stay faithful to his old principles, Gregory’s life-altering journey is offset against the backdrop of South Africa’s pivotal moment in history.
Ankur Agarwal’s Review of Goodbye Bafana
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