In Antoine Fuqua’s documentary “Troublemaker,” the director highlights Nelson Mandela’s activism as a conversation starter. Like the title suggests, Fuqua focuses on the rabble he roused. Or, as spoken in Xhosa, the “branches he shook.” It’s less a high school social studies essay and more an examination of the act of rebellion. It’s a daunting, overwhelming playbook that details how to disassemble oppressive regimes, as narrated by the lifeblood of the South African equality movement, Mandela himself.
Fuqua repurposes hours of recovered audio from early 1990s interviews recorded by Mandela’s ghostwriter, Richard Stengel, for the film’s narration. While “Troublemaker” covers relevant tidbits about Mandela…
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