Gallery: Mandela film’s SA premiere

British actor Idris Elba, who plays the lead role, is accompanied by his mother at the Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom premiere in Johannesburg on Sunday November 3, 2013. Photo: AP/Denis Farrell

British actor Idris Elba, who plays the lead role, is accompanied by his mother at the Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom premiere in Johannesburg on Sunday November 3, 2013. Photo: AP/Denis Farrell

British actress Naomie Harris, right, holds hands with Zindzi Mandela during the film's premiere at the Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom premiere in Johannesburg on Sunday November 3, 2013. Photo: REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Ndaba and Ndileka Mandela, grandson and granddaughter of Madiba, with South African actress Terry Pheto, far right, who plays the role of Mandela's first wife Evelyn Mase in the movie, at the Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom premiere in Joburg on Sunday November 3, 2013. Photo: REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

British director Justin Chadwick arrives with British actress Naomie Harris at the Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom premiere in Johannesburg on Sunday November 3, 2013. Photo: REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

British actress Naomie Harris at the Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom premiere in Johannesburg on Sunday November 3, 2013. Photo: AP/Denis Farrell

British actor Idris Elba poses for a photograph with Graca Machel, Mandela's wife, and her daughter Jozina Machel at the Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom premiere in Johannesburg on Sunday November 3, 2013. Photo: REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Winnie Mandela, centre, ex-wife of former South African president Nelson Mandela, sits between British actor Idris Elba and her daughter Zindzi at the Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom premiere in Johannesburg on Sunday November 3, 2013. Photo: REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

British Actress Naomie Harris arrives at the Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom premiere in Johannesburg on Sunday November 3, 2013. Photo: AP/Denis Farrell

British actor Idris Elba with Graca Machel at the Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom premiere in Johannesburg on Sunday November 3, 2013. Photo: REUTERS/ Siphiwe Sibeko

British actress Naomie Harris, applauds in front of George Bizos, Nelson Mandela's close friend, at the Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom premiere in Johannesburg on Sunday November 3, 2013. Photo: REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

British actress Naomie Harris, who plays the role of former South African president Nelson Mandela's ex-wife Winnie Mandela, at the Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom premiere in Johannesburg on Sunday November 3, 2013. Photo: REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Graca Machel, wife of former South African president Nelson Mandela, embraces Ahmed Kathrada, a close friend of Mandela at the Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom premiere in Johannesburg on Sunday November 3, 2013. Photo: REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Film producer Anant Singh, left, arrives with Ahmed Kathrada, a close friend of former South African president Nelson Mandela, at the Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom premiere in Johannesburg on Sunday November 3, 2013. Photo: REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

British actor Idris Elba at the Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom premiere in Johannesburg on Sunday November 3, 2013, with actor Tony Kgoroge, right, who plays anti-apartheid activist Walter Sisulu and British director Justin Chadwick, left. Picture: REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

391-Ndaba Mandela at the Long walk to Freedom movie launch at the Rosebank cinema 031113 Picture: Dumisani Dube

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, ex-wife of former South African president Nelson Mandela, chats with British actor Idris Elba at the Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom premiere in Johannesburg on Sunday November 3, 2013. Photo: REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko