Invictus is the Clint Eastwood film about how one rugby team defeated the odds and punched racism in the face. Shortly after becoming South Africa’s first black president, Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) devises a plan to use the 1995 Rugby World Cup to unite the country, despite the growing tensions between blacks and whites.
Inspired by Mandela and by team leader Francois Pienaar (Matt Damon), the national team goes from being the underdogs of the entire tournament to defeating New Zealand in the finals and becoming world champions.
That cozy feeling of racial unity apparently lasted about a month…
