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Cry Freedom is a 1987 epic apartheid drama film directed and produced by Richard Attenborough, set in late-1970s apartheid -era South Africa. The screenplay was written by John Briley based on a pair of books by journalist Donald Woods.
Nov 6, 1987 · A film based on the book by Donald Woods, a South African journalist who befriended and wrote about Steve Biko, a Black anti-Apartheid activist who died in police custody. The film explores the friendship, the injustice and the impact of their story on the world.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Richard Attenborough
- 1987-11-06
181M subscribers. Subscribed. 530. The tension and terror that is present-day South Africa is powerfully portrayed in director Richard Attenborough's sweeping story of black activist Stephen Biko...
Set in apartheid-torn South Africa. Donald Woods is the editor of the East London Daily Express and Steve Biko is a young black leader struggling to improve life in the townships. The two form an...
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- Richard Attenborough
- PG
- Kevin Kline
Cry Freedom. The true story of a white South African journalist who befriends Black political activist Steven Biko - and must escape the country in order to tell the murdered Biko's story. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started.
Jan 9, 2012 · A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald Woods is a white liberal journalist in South Africa...
- 3 min
- 100.1K
- Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers
A white editor (Kevin Kline) befriends a black leader (Denzel Washington) in apartheid South Africa and escapes to England to expose the truth. Roger Ebert criticizes the movie for focusing on the editor's story and ignoring the leader's perspective.
