Mandela film premieres in Britain amid mourning of SAfrican icon A film on the life of anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela -- "Mandela: Long walk to freedom" -- premiered in London on Thursday in the presence of his daughter Zindzi Mandela as news broke of Mandela's death. The movie, largely based on his autobiography of the same title, traces the life of the revered leader from his childhood in the rural Eastern Cape to his election as the country's first black president in 1994. Images of Zindzi Mandela and stars arriving.