The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
10
117 minutes
1/1/1988
Overview
There was a time when the biggest names in pop music believed they could change the world for the better. Faced with the intolerance and excesses of the established authorities, music celebrities decided to use their prestige to draw attention to the problems that less favoured people in the world faced. Wembley Stadium, London, 1988: thousands of English people fill one of the most famous football arenas in the world to celebrate an unforgettable pop music festival, with a lofty goal above entertainment - the celebration of the seventieth birthday of African leader Nelson Mandela.
Cast List
Harry Belafonte
as Self
Sting
as Self
George Michael
as Self
Al Green
as Self
Whoopi Goldberg
as Self
Tracy Chapman
as Self
Peter Gabriel
as Self
Miriam Makeba
as Self
Hugh Masekela
as Self
Chrissie Hynde
as Self
Steven Van Zandt
as Self
Jerry Dammers
as Self
Whitney Houston
as Self
Chubby Checker
as Self
Stevie Wonder
as Self
Eric Clapton
as Self
Jessye Norman
as Self
Tony Hollingsworth
as Self