Film Review - Leadership Styles

Running head: FILM REVIEW- LEADERSHIP STYLES
FILM REVIEW- LEADERSHIP STYLES
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Executive Summary
The respective paper is a report based on different kinds and types of leadership styles based on a
particular film from the given films to choose (in this case, Mandela). The report deeply
scrutinizes the film and the main character or the protagonist of the film, analyzes his/her
character, the leadership quality he/she possessed and how such quality did assist him/her to
achieve his/her goals. With the help of Robbin’s framework of leadership, the character of the
movie and his/her leadership styles and approaches are analyzed and interpreted in the respective
report effectively.

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Table of Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................... 3
Discussion..................................................................................................................... 3
Film Overview.......................................................................................................... 3
Plot of the film............................................................................................................. 4
Character Sketch of the Protagonist................................................................................... 5
Robbin’s Framework of Leadership...................................................................................7
Mandela’s Leadership.................................................................................................... 8
Conclusion................................................................................................................... 10

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Introduction
The respective paper is a report which is based on the leadership style depicted in the
movie “Mandela: Long walk to freedom”. Leadership on the grounds of sociology can be
defined as the power to convince others to act for a particular cause or happening. An effective
social leadership can not only transform the society and its structure but also the nation of the
respective society. The report deeply scrutinizes the film and the main character or the
protagonist of the film, analyzes his/her character, the leadership quality he/she possessed and
how such quality did assist him/her to achieve his/her goals. With the help of Robbin’s
framework of leadership, the character of the movie and his/her leadership styles and approaches
are analyzed and interpreted in the respective report effectively.
Discussion
Film Overview
Mandela: A long walk to freedom (2013) is a British South African biographical movie
based on the life of Nelson Mandela, an anti-apartheid revolutionary and the former president of
South Africa. The movie is largely influenced by the Autobiographical book written by Nelson
Mandela, namely, “Long walk to freedom” in the year 1995 (Denenberg 2014). The movie has
been directed by the famous director Justin Chadwick based on the script written by William
Nicholson that casted Idris Elba and Naomi Harris as the protagonists as well as the important
characters in the film. The plot of the movie revolves around the autobiographical records of the
South African revolutionary Nelson Mandela that chronicles as well as narrates his early life, the