From two-time Best Director Oscar winner Clint Eastwood (“Unforgiven” and “Million Dollar Baby”) comes “Invictus,” which tells the story of how Nelson Mandela (Oscar winner Morgan Freeman) joined forces with the captain of South Africa’s rugby team, Francois Pienaar (Oscar winner Matt Damon), to help unite their country.
Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of aparteid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport. Mandela rallies South Africa’s underdog rugby team as they make an unlikely run to the 1995 World Cup Championship match.
