This promotional still has just been released for forthcoming Winnie Mandela Biopic, Winnie which is currently filming in South Africa. The film stars Grammy and Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson and Oscar nominee Terence Howard as Winnie and Nelson. As the story goes, Winnie fought 27 years (1962 to 1990) for her husband's release from prison after having been jailed for Sabotage in his Anti-Apartheid efforts. The couple divorced in 1996, shortly after Nelson's release. It is said that production has just reached the stage in their relationship where the couple weds. It's about time Hudson got a role deserving of her after having appeared in a string of well-cast, but alas little-seen films like Fragments and The Secret Life of Bees.
Winnie is set to be released sometime in 2011 and is directed by Darrell James Roodt. The film is a Canadian-South African co-production, meaning that there is a chance that it may screen at 2011's TIFF? Calm down now, there's still a while to go....
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