There are few individuals in the history of our earth that have done as much as Mandella to bring about drastic social change. He is a living legend, a hero to humanity, a man that left a prison cell of over 20 years and immediately headed toward the mountain top that was his presidency. It is with great joy that I learn of The Human Factor and we get the following news regarding the project from the moviehole:
Morgan Freeman has signed on to play former South African President Nelson Mandela in “The Human Factor,” an independently financed drama, based on the upcoming John Carlin book “The Human Factor: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Changed the World”, says Variety.
The movie is set after the fall of apartheid, when South Africa was host to the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Mandela was in his first term as South African president, and he used the event as a way to end decades of mistrust and hatred between whites and blacks.
I will follow this news to try and discover when this film will be ready for release. I am pumped that Freeman will be playing Mandella, as a man that has fellowshipped with Mandella, and who has amazing acting ability, this may be the performance of his lifetime.
I am glad they are making this film while Mandella still walks the earth, he deserves to see his amazing story retold on the silver screen. A man/woman on a mission is an amazing thing. At some points in history you have people step up and dawn almost godlike charisma and proclaim their vision to the throngs, and under the hypnosis of these players great change occurs. People have a conscious that rings true with the words of the prophet and a paradigm shift happens in society. These shifts can be quick, and at times without much warning. History is full of these moments, and often boil down to the words of but a lone town cryer.
This will be a glorious movie about the power of human will. I am pumped.
