“Let’s make a movie!” That’s how Maven Pictures announced Zelda la Grange’s best-selling autobiography‚ Good Morning‚ Mr Mandela‚ will be adapted for the big screen.
“Thank you Maven Pictures for believing in the power of a South African story‚” is La Grange’s excited response to the news.
Her book has become a top seller worldwide and aside from being available in English and Afrikaans in South Africa‚ it has also been translated into Dutch‚ German‚ French‚ Quebec French and Portuguese‚ with Italian and Japanese translations in the works.
La Grange became a trusted assistant to South Africa’s statesman Nelson Mandela‚ growing to respect and cherish the man she had been taught was the enemy. Her book tells the story of how as a young woman she had her life‚ beliefs and prejudices transformed by him. Their relationship began in 1994 when she was 23 years old and continued until his death in 2013.
Now Trudie Styler – rocker Sting’s wife – will be bringing the story to film through her company Maven Pictures‚ which she started with a friend‚ Celine Rattray‚ specifically to bring more interesting female roles to Hollywood.
Maven Pictures’ roll call of well-known actresses includes Kristen Wiig‚ Liv Tyler and Bette Midler. Styler and Rattray were also executive producers of the film Still Alice‚ which saw Julianne Moore win an Oscar award.
The Mandela movie will be made in conjunction with Jacqui Lewis‚ associate producer on a critically acclaimed 2015 documentary called Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief.
Sting is a member of Amnesty International‚ who last year joined forces with other singers including John Legend‚ Peter Gabriel and Bono to help pay for a giant artwork to honour Madiba.
Amnesty commissioned a tapestry of Madiba to mark International Human Rights Day‚ for display in the “Meeters and Greeters” area of the international arrivals hall of Cape Town International Airport.
The tapestry‚ entitled Flying Madiba – designed by acclaimed Czech artist Peter Sis and woven by Atelier Pinton in Aubusson‚ France – measures approximately 6mx3m.
“This tapestry is a fitting tribute to Nelson Mandela‚ a champion of human rights across the world. It will provide a constant reminder to the millions of people passing through the Cape Town International airport about his legacy‚ not only for South Africa but for the world‚” Art for Amnesty’s founder Bill Shipsey said.
Nelson Mandela received Amnesty International’s most prestigious award‚ the Ambassador of Conscience Award‚ in 2006.
Hollywood beckons for Zelda la Grange’s Mandela book
“Let’s make a movie!” That’s how Maven Pictures announced Zelda la Grange’s best-selling autobiography‚ Good Morning‚ Mr Mandela‚ will be adapted for the big screen.
“Thank you Maven Pictures for believing in the power of a South African story‚” is La Grange’s excited response to the news.
Her book has become a top seller worldwide and aside from being available in English and Afrikaans in South Africa‚ it has also been translated into Dutch‚ German‚ French‚ Quebec French and Portuguese‚ with Italian and Japanese translations in the works.
La Grange became a trusted assistant to South Africa’s statesman Nelson Mandela‚ growing to respect and cherish the man she had been taught was the enemy. Her book tells the story of how as a young woman she had her life‚ beliefs and prejudices transformed by him. Their relationship began in 1994 when she was 23 years old and continued until his death in 2013.
Now Trudie Styler – rocker Sting’s wife – will be bringing the story to film through her company Maven Pictures‚ which she started with a friend‚ Celine Rattray‚ specifically to bring more interesting female roles to Hollywood.
Maven Pictures’ roll call of well-known actresses includes Kristen Wiig‚ Liv Tyler and Bette Midler. Styler and Rattray were also executive producers of the film Still Alice‚ which saw Julianne Moore win an Oscar award.
The Mandela movie will be made in conjunction with Jacqui Lewis‚ associate producer on a critically acclaimed 2015 documentary called Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief.
Sting is a member of Amnesty International‚ who last year joined forces with other singers including John Legend‚ Peter Gabriel and Bono to help pay for a giant artwork to honour Madiba.
Amnesty commissioned a tapestry of Madiba to mark International Human Rights Day‚ for display in the “Meeters and Greeters” area of the international arrivals hall of Cape Town International Airport.
The tapestry‚ entitled Flying Madiba – designed by acclaimed Czech artist Peter Sis and woven by Atelier Pinton in Aubusson‚ France – measures approximately 6mx3m.
“This tapestry is a fitting tribute to Nelson Mandela‚ a champion of human rights across the world. It will provide a constant reminder to the millions of people passing through the Cape Town International airport about his legacy‚ not only for South Africa but for the world‚” Art for Amnesty’s founder Bill Shipsey said.
Nelson Mandela received Amnesty International’s most prestigious award‚ the Ambassador of Conscience Award‚ in 2006.
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