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Goodbye Bafana, or The Color of Freedom , is a 2007 drama film, directed by Bille August, about the relationship between Nelson Mandela (Dennis Haysbert) and James Gregory (Joseph Fiennes), his censor officer and prison guard, based on Gregory's book Goodbye Bafana: Nelson Mandela, My Prisoner, My Friend.
Apr 11, 2007 · Goodbye Bafana: Directed by Bille August. With Joseph Fiennes, Dennis Haysbert, Diane Kruger, Patrick Lyster. Goodbye Bafana is the true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Bille August
- 2007-04-11
Goodbye Bafana is the true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela. James Gregory once lived in a farm and had befriended a native youth, Bafana, and had even had a photograph taken with him.
Page 1 of 2, 6 total items. Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. In the late 1960s, the white South African government imprisons many black militant leaders, including Nelson Mandela (Dennis Haysbert), in...
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- Bille August
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- Joseph Fiennes
May 7, 2007 · A film based on a book by a former prison guard who befriended Nelson Mandela in South Africa. The review criticizes the script, the acting, and the lack of drama in the story.
Goodbye Bafana (released on DVD in the United States as The Color of Freedom) is a 2007 drama film, directed by Bille August, about the relationship between Nelson Mandela (Dennis Haysbert) and James Gregory (Joseph Fiennes), his censor officer and prison guard, based on Gregory's book Goodbye Bafana: Nelson Mandela, My Prisoner, My Friend.