After the fall of apartheid, 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.


Director: Clint Eastwood

Actors
Nelson Mandela: Morgan Freeman
François Pienaar: Matt Damon
and : Tony Kgoroge, Langley Kirkwood, Robert Hobbs, Bonnie Mbuli, Patrick Holland

Screenwriter: Anthony Peckham
Based on John Carlin

Director of photography: Tom Stern
Editors: Joel Cox, Gary Roach
Set decorator: James J. Murakami
Costume Designer: Deborah Hopper

Producers: Morgan Freeman, Lori McCreary, Mace Neufeld
Distribution:
Warner Bros France., France
Warner Bros U.K., United Kingdom