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2017 American biographical drama television miniseries

Madiba
Film poster
Directed by	Kevin Hooks
Starring	Laurence Fishburne Orlando Jones David Harewood Michael Nyqvist Terry Pheto Jason Kennett Kate Liquorish Hlomla Dandala
Composer	Todor Kobakov
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	3
Production
Executive producers	Lance Samuels Andy Harries Kevin Hooks Daniel Iron Marigo Kehoe Kweku Mandela Steven Silver Neil Tabatznik
Production locations	Johannesburg Cape Town
Production company	Blue Ice Pictures
Original release
Network	BET
Release	February 1 (2017-02-01) – February 15, 2017 (2017-02-15)

Madiba is a three-part American biographical drama television miniseries documenting the true lifelong struggle of Xhosa human rights activist, lawyer, political prisoner, and eventual president of South Africa Nelson Mandela to overthrow the oppressive regime of institutionalized racism and segregation known as apartheid. The series stars Laurence Fishburne, Orlando Jones, David Harewood, Michael Nyqvist, Terry Pheto, Jason Kennett and Kate Liquorish. The three-part miniseries made its debut on BET on February 1, 2017, concluding on February 15, 2017.

While the miniseries is named for and largely follows the story of Madiba (Nelson Mandela), Laurence Fishburne has stated that one of the primary intentions of the miniseries was to highlight the important role played by Mandela's many family members, friends, and colleagues at the ANC who worked tirelessly alongside him to successfully overthrow the regime of apartheid.

Cast

Laurence Fishburne as Nelson Mandela
Orlando Jones as Oliver Tambo
David Harewood as Walter Sisulu
Michael Nyqvist as Hendrik Verwoerd
Terry Pheto as Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
Jason Kennett as Joe Slovo
Kate Liquorish as Ruth First
Hlomla Dandala as Govan Mbeki
Meren Reddy as Ahmed Kathrada
Kajal Bagwandeen as Amina Cachalia
James Gracie as Hendrik van den Bergh
Armand Aucamp as Warder Prinsloo
Garth Breytenbach as Warder Brand
Mark Elderkin as Trevor Huddleston
Grant Swanby as Bram Fischer
Sello Maake Ka-Ncube as Chief Albert Luthuli

South African supporting actors:

Paul Davies as a police officer
Nick Els as a police officer
Frans Linde as a police officer
Albert van Vuuren as a police officer
Albert van Vuuren as a SABC cameraman

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	US viewers (millions)
1	"Part 1: Troublemaker and Defiance"	Kevin Hooks	Avie Luthra, Jane Maggs, Nigel Williams, Janine Eser, Greg Beer	February 1, 2017 (2017-02-01)	0.497
2	"Part 2: Spear of the Nation and Total Strategy"	Kevin Hooks	Nigel Williams, Paul Webb, Avie Luthra, Greg Beer	February 8, 2017 (2017-02-08)	0.334
3	"Part 3: Brains Not Blood and a New World"	Kevin Hooks	Nigel Williams, Paul Webb, Jane Maggs, & Kathleen McGhee Anderson	February 15, 2017 (2017-02-15)	0.268

Production

Principal photography began on April 4, 2016, and took place in Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Robben Island, South Africa.

References

Andreeva, Nellie (2 October 2015). "Laurence Fishburne To Star In Nelson Mandela Miniseries 'Madiba'". Deadline. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
Petski, Denise (7 December 2016). "'Madiba': First Look At Laurence Fishburne As Nelson Mandela". Deadline. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
"Laurence Fishburne - Becoming Nelson Mandela in "Madiba"". Cc.com. 26 January 2017. Archived from the original on 29 January 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
"UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.1.2017". Showbuzz Daily. 2 February 2017. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
"UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.8.2017". Showbuzz Daily. 9 February 2017. Archived from the original on 9 February 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
"UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.15.2017". Showbuzz Daily. 16 February 2017. Archived from the original on 17 February 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
Cronje, Jan (9 April 2016). "Madiba TV series filming in SA". Independent Online. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
Catton, Cera-Jane (15 July 2016). "Madiba in the movies". Screen Africa. Retrieved 2 February 2022.

External links

Madiba at IMDb
Official Site at BET.com

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