Discuss Mandela movie | Homework Helper

Need help with my Film question – I’m studying for my class.

• Discuss the use of voiceover/narration in the film.
• How do cinematic elements (lighting, editing, sound, cinematography) in the film portray class and racial divisions?
• Discuss the theme of unity. How did the director convey this theme using cinematic elements?
• Do any narrative or visual patterns recur a sufficient number of times (motifs) to suggest a structural element in themselves? How do they help you determine the meaning of the film?
• Discuss one or more of the stanzas in the poem “Invictus.” What is the meaning/significance to Nelson Mandela? What is the meaning/significance to Francois Pienaar? What is the effect on the audience of using this poem in the film?
• In the film, Mandela gave the poem “Invictus” to Pienaar as encouragement before the 1995 Rugby World Cup; however, in reality, a passage from a speech by Theodore Roosevelt was given to Pienaar, entitled “The Man in the Arena.” Discuss the meaning/significance of that passage for the two men. Why did the director choose to revise this historical moment?