The first image from the long-gestating Nelson Mandela biopic Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom has arrived via Black Film, showing us a reverse shot of the South African leader hand-in-hand with then wife Winnie after he’s been released from prison.
Idris Elba takes on the role of Mandela, while Naomie Harris is Winnie. Directed by Justin Chadwick (The Other Boleyn Girl), the film will follow Nelson Mandela’s extraordinary journey from childhood through his fight against apartheid and long imprisonment to becoming President of South Africa. The film will arrive in cinemas some time next year.