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For the first time on screen, <\/span><b><i>Winnie<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> explores her life and contribution to the struggle to bring down apartheid from the inside, with intimate insight from Winnie herself, those who were closest to her and the enemies who sought to extinguish her radical capacity to shake up the order of things.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Working chronologically through influential events and important memories, along with interviews with Winnie herself, as well as her daughter Zindzi, biographers, journalists, lawyers, police and other involved parties among her family, allies and opponents alike, coupled with rare and striking archival clips, the film shows the multi-layered journey that Winnie went on for her personal and societal freedom.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most globally known as the wife of Nelson Mandela, the overshadowed Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is one of the most misunderstood and intriguing of contemporary female political figures. 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