May 15,2002
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Mandela Touts Healing Power of Films
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(AP) — Now more than ever,
films can help foster understand
ing and respect among people
around the world. Nelson Mandela
said last Wednesday at the start
of the Tribeca Film Festival.
The former South African presi
dent jo ined form er President
Clinton, actors Robert De Niro,
Hugh Grant and Kevin Spacey,
directors Barry Levinson and
Francis Ford Coppola and others
in opening the inaugural festival.
The 83-year-old Mandela re
ceived four standing ovations
during a ceremony on the steps of
City Hall, one of which came as he
entered and sat down with the
helpof actress Whoopi Goldberg.
In introducing Mandela, Mayor
Michael Bloomberg said Mandela
described how important movies
were to him dur
ing the 20 years
he was incar
c e ra te d as a
political p ris
oner.
“ He talked
ab o u t
one
th in g
th a t
helped him get
through the un
speakable lone Former South African President Nelson
liness in prison
Mandela, left, shakes hands with Hugh Grant
on Robben Is at the openingeeremonyofthe Tribeca Film
land, and that Festival in New York.
was th in k in g
producer Jane Rosenthal. Now
about his favorite movie scenes,”
that they’ve created a festival,
Bloomberg said.
Rosenthal said, they asked him to
After his release from pri son in
speak at the opening.
1990, Mandela visited the Tribeca
“The producers, directors and
Film Center, which De Niro formed
actors
of films have in their hands
in 1988 with his business partner,
A t th e Mcvies
for the love oi ^azz
A mustang stallion journeys through the
untamed American frontier on his way to
becoming one o f the greatest unsung heroes of
the Old West in “Spirit: Stallion o f the
Cimarron."
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a powerful and evocative tool for
fostering understanding, and
through that, tolerance in the
world,” Mandela said.
“It is furthermore a medium that
is not bound in its reach. It can
reach out to all strata and sectors
of society and across national and
linguistic boundaries.”
De Niro and Rosenthal orga
nized the festival to help reinvigo
rate the economy of lower M an
hattan, which was hit hard by the
Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
After Bloomberg introduced
Grant as a great actor, the star
quipped, “I have in my time been
accused as an actor of being a bit
lightweight, and I can assure you
I have never felt more lightweight
than I do standing on this plat
form, in this company.”
W hen h e’s captured by soldiers, Spirit— a wild and
ram bunctious mustang stallion— defies being bro
ken at all costs. His only human friend is the
rem arkable young Lakota brave, Little Creek, who
realizes S pirit’s true majesty and beauty are only
possible in his natural habitat. Spirit uses his
strength and w ill to protect, rescue« and assist
anim als with less brawn than his ow n, becom ing
one o f the greatest unsung heroes o f the Old W est.
(Genre: animation, action, children's story; Rat
ing: G; Theatrical release: May 24)
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R2-D2 (from left), C3P0, Amidala and Anakin Skywalker reunite after ten
years apart in the Star Wars prequel, “Attack of the Clones. ’
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
Ten years after the events of “The Phantom Menace,” the galaxy has undergone
significant change, and so have familiar heroes Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan M cGregor),
Padme Amidala (Natalie Portm an) and Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen).
They are thrown together again for the first time since the Trade Federation invasion
of Naboo, and Anakin has grown into the accomplished Jedi apprentice of Obi-Wan,
who has transitioned from student to teacher. The two Jedi are assigned to protect
PadmC, whose life is threatened by a faction of political separatists. As relationships
form and powerful forces collide, these heroes face choices that will impact not only
their own fates, but the destiny o f the Republic. (Genre: sequel, sci-fi, action;
Theatrical release: May 16)
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