Our class went to the movies on the February 3rd to watch a Clint Eastwood's film, "Invictus".
First, I let you with the trailer. Ah, and sorry for the stupid quizz "A tua minhoca é grande?", it's beyond my control.
And the poem in which Mandela's was inspired to keep alive mentally, by the author William E. Henley
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
What I liked most about the movie was the idea of two kind of leaders, with (at first sight) different leadership skills but running for the same purpose: unity.
With Mandela, or MADIBA, we see a leader trying to unit South Africa nation, with the underlined vision of a "rainbow nation"; with François Pienaar (the national rugby team captain) it's all about the rugby and the effort to elevate his team's morality... and helping Mandela's conquering his dream.
It stands out the forgiveness needed to achieve a safe, strong and cohesive country; the position of those who didn't understand why Mandela forgave the people who tortured him and his partie's followers changes all along the movie, for example with his security guards.
In François's family there are changes too; the black maide, who was somehow "forgotten", is embraced by them the moment his parents (specially his father) understand that times had changed.
Besides, the rugby parts were great, and sports really unites people of every colour and every class. But when the match ends, what's left? Does the feeling carry on for a long time?...
And what kind of victory did South African nation got?
First, I let you with the trailer. Ah, and sorry for the stupid quizz "A tua minhoca é grande?", it's beyond my control.
And the poem in which Mandela's was inspired to keep alive mentally, by the author William E. Henley
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
What I liked most about the movie was the idea of two kind of leaders, with (at first sight) different leadership skills but running for the same purpose: unity.
With Mandela, or MADIBA, we see a leader trying to unit South Africa nation, with the underlined vision of a "rainbow nation"; with François Pienaar (the national rugby team captain) it's all about the rugby and the effort to elevate his team's morality... and helping Mandela's conquering his dream.
It stands out the forgiveness needed to achieve a safe, strong and cohesive country; the position of those who didn't understand why Mandela forgave the people who tortured him and his partie's followers changes all along the movie, for example with his security guards.
In François's family there are changes too; the black maide, who was somehow "forgotten", is embraced by them the moment his parents (specially his father) understand that times had changed.
Besides, the rugby parts were great, and sports really unites people of every colour and every class. But when the match ends, what's left? Does the feeling carry on for a long time?...
And what kind of victory did South African nation got?
Madiba and François Pienaar, Rugby World Coup (1995)
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