▁it ▁didn ' t ▁do ▁better ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁movie ▁ 1 2 ▁Years ▁a ▁S lave : ▁" 1 2 ▁Years ▁a ▁S lave ▁came ▁out ▁in ▁America ▁and ▁that ▁su ck ed ▁up ▁all ▁the ▁gu ilt ▁about ▁black ▁people ▁that ▁was ▁available . ▁They ▁were ▁so ▁exha usted ▁feeling ▁guilty ▁about ▁sla very ▁that ▁I ▁don ' t ▁think ▁there ▁was ▁much ▁left ▁over ▁to ▁be ▁nice ▁about ▁our ▁film ." ▁He ▁also ▁spec ulated ▁that ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁Mand ela ▁resulted ▁in ▁a ▁Mand ela ▁" over d ose " ▁among ▁people , ▁so ▁that ▁they ▁have ▁had ▁enough ▁of ▁him ▁when ▁the ▁movie ▁finally ▁hit ▁the ▁the at res ; ▁" S ud den ly ▁the ▁word ▁came ▁through ▁that ▁he ▁died . ▁We ▁were ▁del ug ed ▁with ▁Mand ela ▁stuff ▁and ▁after ▁a ▁week ▁we ▁all ▁thought , ▁please , ▁take ▁it ▁away , ▁we ' ve ▁heard ▁enough ▁about ▁Mand ela ." ▁ ▁Historical ▁accuracy ▁Vincent ▁Hi rib ar ren , ▁a ▁lect urer ▁in ▁world ▁history ▁at ▁King ' s ▁College ▁London , ▁notes ▁in ▁his ▁review ▁of ▁the ▁film ▁for ▁History ▁Ext ra , ▁the ▁website ▁of ▁BBC ▁History ▁Magazine : ▁"[ The ▁film ] ▁clearly ▁dep icted ▁Mand ela ' s ▁understanding ▁of ▁the ▁apart heid ▁years . ▁Or , ▁at ▁least , ▁what ▁he ▁wanted ▁to ▁let ▁us ▁know . ▁As ▁the ▁film ▁is ▁not ▁based ▁on ▁Mand ela ' s ▁life ▁but ▁on ▁Mand ela ' s ▁own ▁words ,