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Invictus: “Is it Hollywood or is it History?”

“Do not judge me by me successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.”- Nelson Mandela (movingworlds.org) this quote is said by the famous Leader Nelson Mandela. He went through a very rough time to become president. I recently watched a movie over his presidency, this movie was called Invictus. In this paper I will be telling you about the movie and proving weather it is historically correct. I will also be comparing and contrasting how the movie portrayed the actual people and events.

Nelson Mandela had a very interesting life. Nelson Mandela was born in the district of Umtatin in South Africa, on the day of July 18, 1918. His original name was Rolihala which means …show more content…

Invictus was directed by Clint Eastwood and produced by the Warner Brothers in 2009. The main actors were Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman (Invictus). In this movie segregation was still in full effect. Nelson Mandela was sworn in as president. His first day in office Mr. Mandela told the workers that they were welcomed to stay but they didn’t have to. Nelson Mandela then goes to a rugby match and examined the team. A little boy goes to a charity and a lady gave him a Springbok jersey. The little boy wouldn’t take it because he would have gotten beaten up. Mandela goes to a sports meeting and tries to convince the sports association not to drop the rugby team. In the next scene Mandela gets his check and thinks is too much so he donates it to charity. He also travels all around the world for support of South Africa. The Rugby captain meets with Mr. Mandela and realizes that the president wants the team to win the world cup. The coaches of the team makes them go around South Africa for sport clinics. While the teams arrive at the clinics all the kids cheer for Chester. After that Mandela writes down the “Invictus” poem. The Rugby captain gives the team the South African National Anthem. Mandela goes to Rugby team to wish them good luck, he takes the captain to the side and gives him the Invictus poem for inspiration. The team then goes to see the prison were Mandela had stayed. That is where Francois (team captain/Matt Damon) learns his respect for Mandela. After this the team beats France and goes to world cup. At the world cup game a plan comes and flies over the stadium. On the bottom of the plan it said good luck Bok. To start of the game the team sang the South African National Anthem. As the game begun the New Zealand does a taunt dance to scare the Springboks. The teams ended up tying and went into overtime. The Springboks win the world cup and begin to celebrate on the field together. Francois tells

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