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Voices from the Island

Nelson Mandela and his fellow ex-prisoners recall their incarceration on Robben Island, South Africa's Alcatraz. (1994)

Nelson Mandela and his fellow ex-prisoners recall their incarceration on South Africa's Robben Island. For three decades, the island housed not only political prisoners but convicts, lepers and the mentally ill. Yet amidst the hopelessness, Nelson Mandela and his comrades devised strategies and subterfuges with which they transformed life on the island, while the vision of a new South Africa began to take shape. (1994)

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麻豆官网首页入口 Four Arena at 40 Collection

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This programme is part of a collection of classic documentaries chosen to聽celebrate Arena's 40th anniversary.

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Role Contributor
Participant Nelson Mandela
Director Adam Low
Series Editor Nigel Finch
Series Editor Anthony Wall

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