Winnie Mandela is DEAD : Provocative, controversial and HERO of the South African Anti-Apartheid revolution . Learn about her

Mature Winnie Mandel after divorce 

 Winnie Mandela has died. As a hero of the South African Revolution,  she has been a role model for black women worldwide. But Winnie was not without controversy. Accused and never cleared of ordering the killing of some young black men by her security forces because it has been said of her homophobia. While this has never been proven, it has not been disproven. That said her,  courage and loyalty to the dream of a free South Africa that she shared with  Nelson cannot and should not be denied. After Nelson divorced her, she continued to be her own dissenting voice in and out the AMC.

Young Winnie

Please watch this documentary that debuted at Sundance in 2017. It is strong if it, in fact, it does not deal with the homophobic issue,  When I asked the filmmaker Pasquale Lamche why her answer while polite deflected the question. She said there was so many issue s that revolved around Winnie choices had to be made to not have a six-hour documentary. (!)

Winnie and Nelson before he divorced her  two years after he was released from prison,

I also asked her why she made the film.She answered her partner was a South African revolutionary active in the ANC,  while Nelson was in jail. When she asked him as he was dying of cancer if there is anything he wanted her as a filmmaker to do. He answered: "Make a documentary that tells the truth about Winnie Mandela."

Ms. Lamche made "WINNIE."

Here are some links to interviews with Pascale Lamche I fund interesting 

 1: Alt-Africa:
 http://tinyurl.com/y87q4gfn

2:  Women in Hollywood Blog 

http://tinyurl.com/y9taf2mc

Watch the trailer ..  the film is on  PBS.org site and on Netflix and you, if a member, you can download it. It is essential watching.

CLICK: Winnie trailer
'Winnie' a documentary that paints a complex portrait of Winnie Mandela: the woman, the paradox, both exalted and villainised in the eyes of history.