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Film: Mandela- Long Walk to Freedom (12A)
Failure to acknowledge the South African hero's communism is but one of the many deficiencies of a film clearly driven by commercial opportunism, says JEFF SAWTELL

Mandela- Long Walk to Freedom (12A)

Directed by Justin Chadwick

2 Stars

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