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esther arma, bob franken, and peter sutt eveerman. the fact the u.s. will never know could be of benefit to noed snowden. take a listen. he seems to have a negotiating edge because he can hold this overhang over us a in terms of negotiating. but i wouldn t do it. and i understand the attraction. but i wouldn t do it because that simply motivates future snowdens to do these kinds of things. what do you think about snowden and amnesty? one thing interesting is the idea of how the government treats whistleblowers. so that s a personality question. but the bigger issue is the people and the power and w45 it is the nchlns schlnsa does.
should snowden be criminalized? absolutely not. because the bigger absolutely not? to me absolutely not. he s a whistleblower this your eyes? i m much more focused in what he restreeled revealed about tht reach into people s lives. when we make it too much about personality, i think we allow politics to detract from the issue around the power and the people. snowden has been assailed as a criminal by many, hailed as a hero by some, including esther here. but why isn t the i didn t say it whe was apan here and here row? the focus is not on the system.
we see him from the time he was in a tribe in rural africa to his imprisonment to becoming to first black president in south africa. sounds like you ve seen it. i have. i interviewed the cast. it s an amazing film. historically, what is something like this do to a film s run at the box office? i asked the weinstein company are they expecting the film to get bigger numbers? right now, it s only in four theaters so the numbers are staying the same. but i think at christmastime, you will see droves of people come out when it has a national release, a big, wide push. people will come out and want to see this film to honor nelson mandela, to honor his legacy and pay tribute to him. that s what this film does. chris witherspoon, always good to see you, thank you. thank you. with more now on the cultural and political influence of nelson mandela, i want to bring in the brain trust. esther arma, dana milbank with
the washington post and gail lamont. esther, let me start with you. the new york times talks about the chasm between young south africans and their predecessors. talked to an 18-year-old girl who said, quote, at the end of the day, africans is just a language. such feelings are common among members of her generation, known as the born frees because they were born after the end of apartheid or just before it ended and are too young to have many memories of it. how do young south africans, how do they view nelson mandela versus their parents or their grandparents? it s interesting because it s actually reflective of the issue between the civil rights