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“Invictus” from director Clint Eastwood stars Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman.
Image credit: Warner Bros.
Why was Nelson Mandela sent to prison?
© 2009 Adam Fendelman, HollywoodChicago.com LLC
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CHICAGO – In our latest biography/sports edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 25 admit-two passes up for grabs to the advance Chicago screening of “Invictus” from director Clint Eastwood with Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman!
“Invictus” also stars Tony Kgoroge, Patrick Mofokeng, Matt Stern, Julian Lewis Jones, Adjoa Andoh, Marguerite Wheatley, Leleti Khumalo, Patrick Lyster, Penny Downie, Bonnie Henna, Shakes Myeko, Louis Minnaar and Danny Keogh. The film opens on Dec. 11, 2009.
To win your free pass to the advance Chicago screening of “Invictus” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just answer our trivia question below. That’s it! This screening will be held on Monday, Dec. 7, 2009 at 7 p.m. in downtown Chicago. Directions to enter this Hookup and immediately win can be found beneath the graphic below.
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Here is the “Invictus” plot description:
From director Clint Eastwood, “Invictus” tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) joined forces with the captain of South Africa’s rugby team, Francois Pienaar (Matt Damon), to help unite their country.
Newly elected president Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa’s underdog rugby team as they make an unlikely run to the 1995 World Cup championship match.
The “Invictus” trailer can be watched now below.
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Like all Hookups here, this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup is simple: Just submit your comment below and we will award 25 people randomly via e-mail for our “Invictus” Hookup. Winners need to arrive early as seats are consumed on a first-come, first-served basis. Good luck!
 | By ADAM FENDELMAN |
Becase they wanted
Becase they wanted him their?
nelson
b/c he wouldn’t back down from what he believed in.
Nelson Mandela
The South African Court convicted him on charges of sabotage committed while he led the movement against apartheid. He served 27 years in prison and was released in 1990.
WHY WAS NELSON MANDELA PUT IN PRISON
BECAUSE OF WHITE SUPREMACY, COLONIALISM AND MANIFEST DESTINY DOGMA! PRINCIPLES THIS COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED ON. THAT’S WHY SOUTH AFRICA’S SYSTEM OF APARTHIED WAS MODELED AFTER THE UNITED STATES. AS MORAL MODELS OF THE WORLD WE ARE HYPOCRITES, AS NATIVE AMERICANS AND THE SO CALLED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS THAT THIS COUNTRY STOLE THIS LAND FROM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RACISM IS A MENTAL ILLNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Nelson Mandela spent 27 years as a political prisoner in South Africa before becoming the country’s first black president. Mandela was a leading member of the African National Congress (ANC), which opposed South Africa’s white minority government and its policy of racial separation, known as apartheid. The government outlawed the ANC in 1960. Mandela was captured and jailed in 1962, spending many of these years on Robben Island.
Nelson Mandela
Sabotage
Why mandella was sent to jail
He was initially charged with leading workers to strike, and for leaving the country illegally. For those actions he was sentenced to prison for 5 years. Two years later (1964) he was charged for planning armed action, omitting acts of sabotage, and conspiracy to help countries invade South Africa. For these charges he was sentenced to lifetime imprisonment.
Why mandella was sent to jail
He was initially charged with leading workers to strike, and for leaving the country illegally. For those actions he was sentenced to prison for 5 years. Two years later (1964) he was charged for planning armed action, committing acts of sabotage, and conspiracy to help countries invade South Africa. For these charges he was sentenced to lifetime imprisonment.
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Treason
The South African government believed his anti-apartheid stance was treason
Why was Nelson Mandela sent to prison?
He was convicted by the South African courts on charges of sabotage, as well as other “crimes” he committed while leading the movement against apartheid. He led workers to strike in 1961 and left the country illegally.