Independent Lens · SEASON 19

Winnie

Episode 9 · 2018-02-05

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Episode overview

One of the more misunderstood and intriguing contemporary female political figures, Winnie Mandela's rise and seeming fall from grace bear the hallmarks of epic tragedy. Winnie explores her life and contribution to the struggle to bring down apartheid in South Africa from the inside, with intimate insight from Winnie herself, those closest to her and enemies who sought to extinguish her activism.

60 minutes

Season 19 episodes

1. Chasing Trane2017-11-06 2. Shadow World2017-11-20 3. Supergirl2017-12-18 4. The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin2018-01-01 5. Unrest2018-01-08 6. I Am Not Your Negro2018-01-15 7. The Force2018-01-22 8. I Am Another You2018-01-29 9. Winnie2018-02-05 10. Tell Them We Are Rising2018-02-19 11. Rat Film2018-02-26 12. Dolores2018-03-27 13. When God Sleeps2018-04-02 14. The Art of the Shine2018-04-09 15. What Lies Upstream2018-04-16 16. Look & See: Wendell Berry's Kentucky2018-04-23 17. True Conviction2018-04-30 18. No Man's Land2018-05-07 19. ACORN and the Firestorm2018-05-14 20. Served Like a Girl2018-05-28