Yebo, umlingisi owine i-Oscar, Morgan Freeman, uzodlala futhi akhiqize ifilimu lapho ezozibeka khona ezicathulweni, lutho nokuningi futhi angabi ngaphansi komongameli wangaphambilini waseNingizimu Afrika futhi awina iNobel Peace Prize ngo-1993, Nelson Mandela.
Ngombhalo osuselwe encwadini yintatheli uJohn Carlin: «Isici Somuntu: UNelson Mandela kanye noMdlalo owashintsha umhlaba»Le filimu izoqala ukushuthwa ekuqaleni kuka-2008 onyakeni wokuqala kaMongameli kaMandela, igxile kakhulu emicimbini eyenzeka ngeNdebe Yomhlaba Yombhoxo yowe-1995 eyayiseNingizimu Afrika nokuthi uMandela wawusebenzisa kanjani lo mqhudelwano ukuhlanganisa abamnyama nabamhlophe.
Le phrojekthi iyathembisa futhi… akukhona ukuthi ungomunye wabalingisi engibathanda kakhulu, kodwa… uma kukhona umlingisi ozodlala lo mlingiswa, ngeke kube omunye ngaphandle Morgan Freeman.