{"id":77933,"date":"2016-12-09T15:28:04","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T15:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2016\/12\/09\/first-look-to-bet-nelson-mandela-miniseries-madiba-starring-laurence-fishburne\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T02:44:13","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T02:44:13","slug":"first-look-to-bet-nelson-mandela-miniseries-madiba-starring-laurence-fishburne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/first-look-to-bet-nelson-mandela-miniseries-madiba-starring-laurence-fishburne\/","title":{"rendered":"First Look To BET’s Nelson Mandela Miniseries \u2018Madiba\u2019 Starring Laurence Fishburne"},"content":{"rendered":"

First Look\u00a0To BET’s Nelson Mandela Miniseries \u2018Madiba\u2019 Starring Laurence Fishburne<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

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December 9, 2016
\n\"Madiba<\/a>BET has released a first look at\u00a0Laurence Fishburne<\/strong>\u00a0starring as Nelson Mandela<\/strong> in “Madiba,”<\/strong> a six-hour miniseries to air on BET Networks and executive produced the late South African hero\u2019s grandson Kweku Mandela<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The three-part saga will air February 1,8 and 15, 2017, as part of BET\u2019s Black History Month programming.<\/p>\n

Based on two Mandela books, “Conversations With Myself” and “Nelson Mandela by Himself,” the miniseries was\u00a0directed by Kevin Hooks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Named after Madiba, the Thembu clan to which Nelson Mandela belonged, the project tells the story of a younger Nelson Mandela during the early-60s as he deals with the political unrest engulfing South Africa.<\/p>\n

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Madiba was\u00a0produced and financed by Toronto-based Blue Ice Pictures and also produced by UK-based Left Bank Pictures and South Africa\u2019s Out of Africa Entertainment in association with Fishburne\u2019s Cinema Gypsy Productions. Blue Ice Pictures president Lance Samuels executive produces alongside Kweku Mandela of Out of Africa and Daniel Iron, Neil Tabatznik, Steven Silver, Andy Harries, Marigo Kehoe and Loretha Jones.<\/p>\n

\u201cNelson Mandela\u2019s journey of political activism and leadership is deeply inspirational and we are proud to have the talented and award-winning actor Laurence Fishburne join Madiba to tell this triumphant story\u201d<\/strong> said Stephen Hill, President of Programming, BET Networks.<\/p>\n

Other actors who have played Mandela on television and film include Morgan Freeman, Sidney Poitier, Idris Elba, Dennis Haysbert, Terrence Howard and Danny Glover.<\/p>\n