"The fact is that, for South African women, Winnie's role was more fundamental than her husband's. Though the world's leading opinion formers have been all too keen to demonise her, Chadwick's film is a reminder that Winnie, with the help of her daughter Zindzi, was largely responsible for perpetuating Nelson's image as the embodiment of the liberation struggle.
More importantly, the Mother of the Nation suffered, not only because of Nelson's incarceration, but also through her own constant arrests and torture. Despite the cowardly, misogynistic regime's torment of a single mother and her daughters, Winnie remained strong and resilient in her defiance. The film is clear about this."
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/03/long-walk-to-freedom-winnie-mandela-nelson
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/03/long-walk-to-freedom-winnie-mandela-nelson
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