I'VE WATCCH THIS EVENING FRIDAY DECEMBER 6TH....AT 11 PM CALGARY TIME THE ABC PROGRAM 20/20 ON NELSON MANDELA.
I FOUND IT TO BE A PRETTY OPEN STORY ON THE LIFE OF NELSON MANDELA, FROM HIS CHILDHOOD, TO BEING NAMED A TERRORIST, TO HIS TRANSFORMATION IN PRISON OVER 27 YEARS, TO HIS RELEASE, AND WHEN PRESIDENT IN A COUNTRY THAT WAS FILLED WITH VIOLENCE, AND LOOKING LIKE A CIVIL WAR, OR BLOOD-BATH BETWEEN BLACKS AND WHITES, HIS CALCULATION THAT THE BELOVED SOUTH AFRICAN RUGBY TEAM, AND THE WORLD CUP OF RUGBY, COULD BE THE KEY TO TURN THE DOOR, TO OPEN UP THE NATION TO LOVE AND UNITY.
THEY HAD SOME OF THE REAL LIFE PLAYERS INTERVIEWED, FROM THE SOUTH AFRICAN TEAM THAT INDEED SHOCKED THE RUGBY WORLD TO WIN THE FINAL, IN 1995, AGAINST THE POWER-HOUSE NEW ZEALAND "ALL BLACKS," THAT HAD DOMINATED EVERY TEAM THEY PLAYED TO REACH THE FINAL. IN THE RUGBY WORLD ANYTIME A TEAM BEATS THE "ALL BLACKS" IT'S A HUGE FEATHER IN YOUR HAT.
AND IT WORKED - THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATION CAME TOGETHER TO REJOICE IN VICTORY; MOVING FORWARD FROM THAT POINT ON TO BE DETERMINED TO BE A UNITED NATION NO MATTER WHAT YOUR COLOR OF SKIN.
20/20 WENT BEHIND THE SCENES TO ASK PERSONAL FAMILY MEMBERS WHAT MANDELA WAS LIKE, AWAY FROM THE PUBLIC SPOTLIGHT.
THEN AT MIDNIGHT CALGARY TIME, I WENT TO THE BBC WORLD NEWS.
NELSON MANDELA WAS FIRST UP WITH AN INTERVIEW FROM A MAN WHO WAS ALSO IN PRISON WITH MANDELA, TO GET HIS TAKE ON THE MAN. THEY INTERVIEWED YOUNG CHILDREN, AND THEY INTERVIEWED PAST PRESIDENT OF THE USA, BILL CLINTON, WHO KNEW MANDELA IN A CLOSE WAY AS POLITICIANS AND THEN AS WORKING TOGETHER ON FIGHTING THE PROBLEM OF "AIDS."
INTERESTING ALL THE WAY AROUND.
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