Winnie Mandel A Life: Film Analysis

This source gives a positive perspective of Winnie. It shows how she grows from a small girl, to a young social worker to a political leader. This film focuses of her hardships and struggles in Apartheid South Africa. A main focus of this film is her time solidarity confinement. One sees how insane a person I this position can actually become. The film also looks at her banishment to Brandford after the Soweto uprising. The film focuses on how through her husband’s arrest she gained power and strength to continue with his work and hence continue the struggle for liberation.
Importance to historical investigation
This source primarily focusses on her accomplishments which helps balance out other sources which do the antithesis of this. In oreder to write a through essay one has to look at both at her as a protagonist on the one hand and an antagonist on the other. This source helps balance out the other sources. It also illustrates South Africa during the time in a way that is extremely helpful in understanding a woman of this system and her desperation to gain liberation for people of colour. This source also focuses on her mental health state due to her time on solidarity confinement. The audience can see her insanity and desperation and can better understand what that experience did to her.

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This article highlights the most important parts of the novel and critically analyses Winnie and her actions. This source asses the author’s bias because du Preez does indeed have a lot of admiration for Winnie, although the blurb claims the biography is unbiased. Van Der Spuy also brings up important issues such as the fact that there is no evidence that du Preez ever interviewed Winnie at all. This article highlights the key flaws within the novel. This source also addresses all aspects of Winnie’s life and elaborates on the important