Nelson Mandela Outline

Tayson, Christine Marie J.
BSIT II-1

I. Title: Invictus
II. Characters: * * Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela * Matt Damon as Francois Pienaar * Julian Lewis Jones as Etienne Feyder[4] * Adjoa Andoh as Brenda Mazibuko * Patrick Mofokeng as Linga Moonsamy * Matt Stern as Hendrick Booyens * Marguerite Wheatley as Nerine Winter * Leleti Khumalo as Mary * McNiel Hendriks as Chester Williams, * Scott Eastwood as Joel Stransky * Zak Feaunati as Jonah Lomu * Grant L. Roberts as Ruben Kruger * Rolf E. Fitschen as Naka Drotske * Vaughn Thompson as Rudolph Straeuli * Charl Engelbrecht as Garry Pagel * Graham Lindemann as Kobus Wiese * Sean Cameron Michael as Springbok Equipment
Manager *

III. Setting: South Africa
IV. Plot
On 11 February 1990, Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison after 27 years spent in jail.
Four years later, Mandela is elected the first black President of South Africa. His presidency faces enormous challenges in the post-Apartheid era, including rampant poverty and crime. Mandela is particularly concerned about racial divisions between black and white South Africans, which could lead to violence. The ill will which both groups hold towards each other is seen even in his own security detail where relations between the established white officers, who had guarded Mandela's predecessors, and the black ANC additions to the security detail, are frosty and marked by mutual distrust.Mandela was elected President of South Africa marks a radical change in the country. This change away from apartheid will not be easy for anyone in the country, but Mandela has to figure out how to galvanize the residents of the country together. Because of his love of the game, Mandela places his support behind the Springboks, the national rugby
team.
While attending a game of the Springboks, the country's rugby union team, Mandela recognizes that the blacks in the stadium cheer against their 'home' squad, as the mostly-white Springboks represent prejudice and apartheid in their minds.
He remarks that he did the same while imprisoned on Robben Island. Knowing that South Africa is set to host the 1995 Rugby World Cup in one year's time, Mandela convinces a meeting of the newly black-dominated South African Sports Committee to support the Springboks. He then meets with the captain of the Springboks rugby team, François Pienaar (Matt Damon), and implies that a Springboks victory in the World Cup will unite and inspire the nation. Mandela also shares with François a British poem, "Invictus“ that had inspired him during his time in prison. François and his teammates train. Many South Africans, both black and white, doubt that rugby will unite a nation torn apart by some 50 years of racial tensions. For many blacks, especially the radicals, the Springboks symbolise white supremacy. Both Mandela and Pienaar, however, stand firmly behind their theory that the game can successfully unite the South African
country.
Things begin to change as the players interact with the fans and begin a friendship with them. During the opening games, support for the Springboks begins to grow among the black population. By the second game, the whole country comes together to support the Springboks and Mandela's efforts. Mandela's security team also grows closer as the various officers come to respect their comrade' professionalism and dedication.
The Springboks surpass all expectations and qualify for the final against New Zealand All Blacks—the most successful rugby team in the world both then and now. Before the game, the Springbok team visits Robben Island, where Mandela spent 27 years in jail. There Pienaar is inspired by Mandela's will and his idea of self-mastery in the poem Invictus. François mentions his amazement that Mandela "could spend thirty years in a tiny cell, and come out ready to forgive the people who put [him] there".
Supported by a large home crowd of both races, Pienaar motivates his team. Mandela's security detail receives a scare when, just before the match, a jumbo jet buzzes the stadium. It is not an assassination attempt though, but a demonstration of patriotism. The Springboks win the match on an added time long drop-kick from fly-half Joel Stransky, with a score of 15–12. Mandela and Pienaar meet on the field together to celebrate the improbable and unexpected victory. Mandela's car then drives away in the traffic-jammed streets leaving the stadium. As Mandela watches the South Africans celebrating together in the car, his voice is heard reciting the poem "Invictus".