MK, Mandela’s secret army

Directed by Osvalde Lewat
Produced by Temps noir (Serge Gordey), Roches Noires , Arte France , Lady Hélène Productions and Anaphora Films

Broadcaster : ARTE France
Support : Région Normandie, CNC, Normandie Images, fondation Miclan, Procirep Angoa , National Film and Video Foundation (Afrique du Sud), RTS , CNC and Canal+ international

International sales : ARTE Distribution

57’ – 2024


In 1961, the ANC, an organization for the defense of civil rights, facing an increasingly repressive government, turned to armed struggle with the creation of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK), led by Nelson Mandela and made up of young black, Indian and white revolutionaries. Director Osvalde Lewat reveals Mandela as the leader of a guerrilla army, and pays tribute to the forgotten heroes who held the ideal of human emancipation so dear that they sacrificed their lives to free their country from racial oppression.