Set in 1962 MANDELAS GUN is a political thriller, based on Mandelas African Odyssey. As Commander-in-Chief of the Liberation Army Umkhonto we Sizwe (the MK) he undergoes militarytraining in Algeria and Ethiopia while surviving assassination attempts and betrayal. In South Africa he is finally arrested with the connivance of the CIAIn the crucible of the surging African Liberation Movements of the early 60s not only does he studythe art of war but also leadership and political survival.MANDELAS GUN is a thrilling biopic, supported by eyewitness accounts from Mandelas advisors andcomrades. Mandela the Man is portrayed as a brilliant but complex warrior.The film celebrates a national and global icon a man who is dedicated to the overthrow of aninfamous racist regime; also a man whose impetuosity and vanity are tempered by compassion, selfdoubt and a relentless belief in justice for all South Africans, regardless of race.MANDELA'S GUN reveals a man the world barely knows and how in 1962, in the final moments of hisfreedom, Mandela played a pivotal role in the fate of a nation