Critique About Invictus

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AFRICAN CENTER FOR THEOLOGICAL STUDIES, LAGOS. COURSE: Leading Change. LDR 620. LECTURER: Rev. Dr. Ransom Affram. CRITIQUE ABOUT “INVICTUS” Submitted by, Rev KSK ADEYEMI. The title was derived from a poem written by an English author, William Ernest Henley. The film shows individualism, how the life is in darkness without God. “Invictus thus refers to the state of overcoming and taking control of a place or it’s people by employing military force. The movie project the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela brought his country people together irrespective of colour by joining force with the Captain of South Africa rugby team “Springbok” to help unite his country. Madiba as President Mandela is popularly called knows that his nation remains racially and economically divided because of Apartheid. He believes he can bring them together through the universal language sport. He achieved this by placing himself in potentially unprotected situation. He relaxed his security system. The movie projected that sport is a means of bringing unity to a divided nation. When the Springboks won, one could see both white and blacks embracing one another at the stadium, at the drinking spots, on the streets. One quite interesting one was the policemen listening to commentaries from their duty car with a black boy seated on the front hood of their car even drinking coke unhindered, and at the end of the tension soaked match the policemen lifted the black boy up, and putting on him by one of the white policemen his cap. WHAT DID YOU LIKE ABOUT THE FILM? I love the way Madiba gave his full support to the team and by renouncing what he previously believe about the team, that “it is a team of white South Africans.” His personal interaction with the team captain Francois Pienaar was a boost to the team and a lesson to the team and a lesson to the South African people. When they won,

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