The Moment Trailer HD - Plot Synopsis: The Moment is an archival documentary highlighting the success of the South African national rugby team in the 1995 Rugby World Cup. With apartheid over and the nation in the midst of a transitional government led by Nelson Mandela, sport proved to be a tool for unification in a country deeply divided politically and culturally.- Amazon Freevee
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00:00 (CROWD CHEERING)
00:02 Rugby was always the Afrikaner's sport.
00:06 Divisive, a symbol of apartheid.
00:09 But to Mandela, the Rugby World Cup final in Joburg
00:13 was an opportunity.
00:15 (UPBEAT MUSIC)
00:17 Our prayers should be for the Springboards,
00:20 because we are a new nation.
00:24 Madiba understood that you had to find symbols
00:28 that would unite people.
00:30 It was a huge gamble.
00:32 The game which was for sporting embodiment of apartheid
00:38 is now being marketed as a positive force for unity
00:42 in this newly democratic nation.
00:44 Nelson Mandela's political philosophy
00:49 had always been a South Africa which embraced all its people.
00:53 This was the moment that could symbolise
00:56 South Africans coming together.
00:58 Siakolisi would not have happened
01:02 if the seeds of inclusivity and transformation were not sown.
01:06 Courageously so, despite all odds.
01:09 By Madiba, Nelson Mandela.
01:11 Sport can create hope
01:24 where once there was only despair.
01:27 There was only despair.
01:28 (MUSIC ENDS)
01:30 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:34 (whooshing)