Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Poster

By Brian Gallagher

Published Jun 18, 2013

Justin Chadwick directs with Idris Elba in this biopic from The Weinstein Company that follows South African leader Nelson Mandela's plight from incarceration to emancipation.

Acquired by The Weinstein Company earlier this year, director Justin Chadwick's Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom may be an Oscar contender when it hits theaters in limited release on November 29. The studio has released a new poster featuring Idris Elba as Nelson Mandela in this biopic, which follows his entire life from childhood, to being imprisoned for over 27 years, to being elected the South African president. Take a look at this iconic "trouble maker" in the latest one-sheet.