banned persons (south africa)

Follows the life of the woman who married a prominent leader for racial equality in South Africa and then became an activist in that field herself.

Records the couple's struggles against South Africa's racial policies which led to Nelson's imprisonment and Winnie's banishment to a remote part of the Orange Free State.

Presents the life of the South African woman who has struggled for reform despite arrests, bannings, detentions, and the imprisonment of her husband.

Winnie Mandela, wife of South African leader Nelson Mandela, shares the story of her life through interviews and letters in which she discusses the development of her political beliefs, and her forced separation from her husband.