James Gregory, a prison guard in apartheid-era South Africa and lifelong believer in his society's racist ideology, is assigned to Robben Island prison to watch over its most famous inmate - Nelson Mandela. Over the years an unusual relationship develops between the two, leading Gregory to question his beliefs. Fact-based drama, starring Joseph Fiennes, Dennis Haysbert, Diane Kruger and Shiloh Henderson.

The true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.