The movie device celebrating Nelson Mandela is taking over an electronic billboard in Times Square, New York.
The short film was commissioned by the art organization Tribeca Film Academy.
Founded by Oscar
Award winning actor Robert De Niro
This month, inspirational quotes will be played on many screens in Times Square to celebrate the-
Apartheid leader's 95 th birthday, July
Andaba, Mandela's grandson, said it would "remind us of our humanity ".
He added that his grandfather recognized the power of text installation.
"If he doesn't support anything, he will tell you," he told Reuters at the press conference . ". The 30-year-
The old man worked with his cousin Kweku and filmmaker Nabil Elderkin, Andrew van der Westhuyzen and Gregory Stern to select quotes from Mandela's speech. The three-
Every night before midnight there will be a one-minute display that, as part of a series of installations, has shown Icelandic singer Bjork and British concept artist Tracy Emin.
Emin said in his Valentine's Day address on February that the project was "fantastic ".
Mandela, who was jailed for 27 years for fighting a white minority, was released in 1990 and became South Africa's first elected president in 1994.
He stepped down after a term in 1999.
He recently had a health problem and spent more than a week in the hospital earlier this year with recurrent lung infections.
The former president will celebrate his 95 th birthday on July 18.