South Africa The Apartheid Years: Remember Mandela!: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A documentary film with the title " Remember Mandela." The film is the last of four documentaries from the series South Africa: The Apartheid Years and consists of a single reel of polyester film with optical sound. Directed and produced by filmmaker Peter Davis, the documentary focuses on the life and contributions of South African activist Nelson Mandela. It was filmed while Mandela was imprisoned.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1988
• Directed by: Peter Davis, British, born 1933
• Subject of: Nelson Mandela, South African, 1918 - 2013
• Produced by: Villon Films, Canadian, founded 1970
• Owned by: D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
• Type: sound films
• Type: color films (visual works)
• Type: 16mm (photographic film size)
• Medium: polyester film
• Dimensions: Duration: 28 Minutes
• Dimensions: Length (Feet): 1000 Feet
• Place used: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: South Africa, Africa
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Africa
• Topic: Documentary films
• Topic: Film
• Object number: 2017.55.47.1a
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Transferred from the DC Public Library
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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