Based on a true story, exceptional storyteller Clint Eastwood (Gran Torino, Million Dollar Baby, Mystic River) directs excellent (again) Morgan Freeman as newly elected South African president Nelson Mandela, and excellent (again) Matt Damon as the national rugby captain whose help is enlisted to unite their racially fractured and economically divided country. Using the universal language of sports, Mandela rallies his country's underdog rugby team, beloved by the white supremicists and despised by the blacks (who played soccer), toward an unlikely bid for the World Cup Championship. This inspiring story of political leadership and rousing sports drama has been nominated for 3 Golden Globe awards (for the director and his two actors.)