Review of Goodbye Bafana (2007) by Lee M — 23 Mar 2016

Welcome to hell you heathen bastards.

A guard is promoted to a prison facility. He is instantly assigned a position of guarding the most infamous inmate in the cell, Nelson Mandela. His career gets on the fast track to numerous promotions during his twenty year run in the position, but his relationship with Mandela put the officer and his family at risk.

"One letter every six months and no more than 600 words.".

Bille August, director of The House of the Spirits, Pelle the Conqueror, Les Miserables (1998), Zappa, Buster's World, and A Song for Martin, delivers The Color of Freedom. The storyline for this picture is very interesting because of the characters involved and the behind the scenes relationships are well portrayed. The acting is pretty good and includes Joseph Fiennes, Dennis Haysbert, Diane Kruger, Patrick Lyster, and Terry Pheto.

"You can't keep a secret.".

I randomly came across this when Fios recommended it to me so I DVR'd it. This was interesting and I did enjoy the characters; however, I think they could have selected a better Mandela actor. Overall this is worth seeing once but far from a classic.

"I would rather remain here, on this island.".

Grade: C+/B-.