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Production hitch for Winnie film
Wed, 27 Jan 2010
On behalf of the producers of the motion picture titled Winnie, spokesperson, Dezi Rorich, stated that the producers, André Pieterse (of e’Lollipop fame) and writer/director Darrell Roodt, recently initiated a meeting with lawyers representing Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. The meeting failed to reach an agreement between the two parties. The position of the producers is that if a screenplay has to be approved by Ms Madikizela-Mandela, then the film based on that screenplay could possibly be jeopardised as the world may question the credibility of the film.
The producers of the Winnie film acquired the film rights to a book published in 2003 titled, Winnie Mandela - A Life, written by Anné Marič du Preez Bezdrob. To their knowledge, Madikizela-Mandela has not objected to this book.
The producers of the Winnie film were advised that they do not legally require Madikizela-Mandela's consent in order to produce the film. Nevertheless, they do not intend any disrespect towards Madikizela-Mandela or the Mandela family by not requesting such consent.
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