Hudson talks of honour in role of Winnie

ACTRESS Jennifer Hudson insisted her latest film will give an unbiased perspective on Nelson Mandela’s ex-wife.

Winnie, which will star Oscar-winner Hudson in the title role and Terrence Howard as the former South African president, starts filming in South Africa on May 31.

But Ms Madikizela-Mandela, as she has been known since her divorce, is understood to be unhappy about the biopic, which is based on Anne Marie du Preez Bezdrob’s biography, Winnie Mandela: A Life.

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