The obstacles to the theatrical release of the biographical drama "Winnie Mandela" have been many.After a chilly critical reception at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival, the movie ...

Often, it’s actors who cannot withstand the burden on playing historical figures. In the case of “Winnie Mandela,” Jennifer Hudson has the opposite problem. It’s the movie a… ...

Filmmaker Pascale Lamche took on the enormous but important challenge of documenting Winnie Mandela’s story, a narrative, as she discovered, that was slightly skewed in the mind of many across ...

Nelson Mandela was still in a South African prison in 1989 when film producer Anant Singh sent word that he wanted to do a movie about his life. The political prisoner's response through an ...

It’s an unexpectedly abundant season for black history, what with another Mandela movie and “12 Years a Slave” joining “Winnie Mandela” and “Lee Daniels‘ The Butler” on screens ...

The film also gives viewers a history lesson on the role that Mandela’s former wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, played in the anti-Apartheid movement.

"Winnie" stars Hudson as the wife of South African leader Nelson Mandela, played by Terrence Howard. By Borys Kit Senior Film Writer The upcoming biopic, with Jennifer Hudson and Terrence Howard ...

She was a noble proponent of the antiapartheid movement and nearly as famous as her iconic husband. But what starts as a standard worshipful biopic of Winnie Mandela (Jennifer Hudson) suddenly ...

The film, based upon the life of Winnie Mandela, was first announced, with Jennifer Hudson and Terrence Howard in the staring roles, people were surprised, to say the least.

The film that bears her name (** out of four; rated R; opening Friday in select cities) seems unsure just how much to include of Winnie Mandela's controversial adult life and how heavily to focus ...

The South African activist, and Nelson Mandela’s ex-wife, is appalled that she was never consulted for the yet-to-be-released movie. Mandela says that her lack of support isn’t against J-Hud.