August 5, 1962, South Africa. After several months on the run, the Black leader Nelson Mandela is arrested by the South African police and incarcerated on Robben Island, a fortress-like jail off Cape Town. He doesn’t know it at that time, but it is only the beginning of his penitential ordeal.

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After months on the run, the Black leader Nelson Mandela is arrested by the South African police and incarcerated on Robben Island, a fortress-like jail off Cape Town.