Based on the book “Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the game that made a nation ‘by John Carlin.
A look at the life of Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) after the overthrow of apartheid in South Africa during his first term as president when he worked as a host for the 1995 Rugby World Cup event as an opportunity to unite his countrymen.
The film tells the right inspirational tale of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa’s rugby team, to Francois Pienaar, help unite his country. Newly elected President Mandela feel their nation is racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believe that he can bring his people through the universal language of sports, collections Mandela of South Africa’s underdog rugby team as they make an unlikely Run to the 1995 World Cup Championship game.
