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2/15/17 (We.)8:00 PMBET(#103) Part 3 - "Brains Not Blood" and "A New World"
2/8/17 (We.)8:00 PMBET(#102) Part 2 - "Spear of the Nation" and "Total Strategy"
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MADIBA (BET)
BROADCAST HISTORY:
2/1/17 - 2/15/17
STATUS:
telefilm/mini-series in the can
DESCRIPTION:
(from BET's press release, April 2016) MADIBA - BET partners with executive producers Lance Samuels, Kweku Mandela and Daniel Iron for an original production that focuses on the story of Nelson Mandela, the globally beloved humanitarian, as well as the many other leaders of the African National Congress -- Oliver Tambo (Orlando Jones) and Walter Sisulu (David Harewood) -- who fought alongside Mandela in the multi-racial, multi-national movement that led to the end of South African apartheid. Academy Award(R) nominee Laurence Fishburne completely transforms in the lead role, under the direction of Kevin Hooks (Passenger 57, Prison Break), who also serves as Executive Producer.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· David Harewood as Walter Sisulu
· Laurence Fishburne as Nelson Mandela
· Michael Nyqvist as H.F. Verwoerd
· Orlando Jones as Oliver Tambo
CREW INFORMATION:
· Andy Harries as EP
· Daniel Iron as EP
· Kevin Hooks as DIR
· Kweku Mandela as EP
· Lance Samuels as EP
· Loretha Jones as EP
· Marigo Kehoe as EP
· Mark Levenstein as EP
· Neil Tabatznik as EP
· Nelson Mandela as BOOK
· Steven Silver as EP
GENRE(S):
· based on a book
· mini-series
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Blue Ice Pictures
· Left Bank Pictures
· Out of Africa Entertainment