The 16th Man

I watched this one twice.

Not twice the way I had watched No Crossover or Without Bias before, prior to starting this project; twice last night prior to writing this entry.

The first time I watched it, things that were said hit me, touched me, moved me, and made me smile. I could remember the essentials of them, but I figured "Why not get them perfectly accurate?"

So I watched again, this time with a pen in one hand, the remote in the other, my finger hovering over the pause button so I could scribble down the powerful messages coming from this moving work.

The 16th Man is a story about the power of sport, but it's also a story about forgiveness, acceptance, and working to change the future instead of dwelling on the past.

The film tells the story of the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa, and how that event brought the country together, led by Nelson Mandela.