The same week that Nelson Mandela was discharged from the hospital after three months of treatment for a lung infection, the biopic Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom held its world premiere at the Toronto ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

We’re quickly dropped into Johannesburg in 1941, where Mandela (Idris Elba) is 23, and an ambitious, sharp-suited lawyer. Only official indifference to the police’s fatal beating of a friend convinces ...

Idris Elba is recalling how he prepared to play Nelson Mandela in the 2013 film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. “In 2013, when I was preparing to play Nelson Mandela in the film Long Walk to Freedom, I ...

And I'm Linda Wertheimer. A new movie captures the story of one of the world's great leaders - Nelson Mandela. It takes audiences through the many chapters of his long life: the charismatic and dapper ...

Director Daniel Vernon documents Idris Elba on a journey of self-discovery. In 2013, Idris Elba produced and released an album inspired by his time researching and portraying Nelson Mandela in the ...

With British royals and Mandela's own daughter in attendance, the London premiere of "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom" was in full swing on Thursday when news broke that the South African icon died.

There’s been no shortage of tributes to Nelson Mandela since his death on Thursday. He’s been praised for his role in ending apartheid, his grace after serving a 27-year prison sentence and his ...