South Africa: Mandela TV Series to Start Production

A new television mini-series documenting the life of former president and Nobel laureate Nelson Mandela will be filmed mostly on location in South Africa and will cost a whopping US$20-million (R160-million) to produce.

Three production companies will be involved with the six-hour mini-series - Canada's Blue Ice Film; the UK's Left Bank Pictures and Out of Africa Entertainment, from South Africa. Mandela's grandson Kweku Mandela will co-produce.

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