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Patrick Chamusso (born in 1949 in Mozambique) is a member of the African National Congress (ANC) party of South Africa who participated in the militant actions of the organization during the apartheid era.
In South Africa in 1980, Patrick Chamusso, a young, apolitical man, is accused of carrying out a terrorist attack. Afrikaner police officer Nic Vos is in charge of locating the perpetrators of a recent bomb attack against the Secunda CTL synthetic fuel refinery, which is the largest coal liquefaction plant in the world.
Oct 27, 2006 · Patrick Chamusso is a South African oil refinery foreman and soccer coach who becomes a terrorist against the apartheid regime. He and his wife Precious are jailed and tortured by the police, but they resist and inspire others to fight for freedom.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Phillip Noyce
- 2006-10-27
Patrick Chamusso is the real-life inspiration for the film Catch a Fire, which depicts his struggle against apartheid and his decision to forgive his torturer. He shares his story of resistance, imprisonment, and reconciliation in this interview.
Oct 13, 2006 · The movie tells the story of black South African freedom-fighter Patrick Chamusso. It depicts life under apartheid rule — a regime where torture and indefinite detention were commonplace for most...
Oct 15, 2006 · Based on the life of Patrick Chamusso (played by Derek Luke), a black man politicized by injustice in apartheid-era South Africa, and his nemesis, a police colonel named Nic...
Oct 27, 2006 · The director Phillip Noyce, working from a screenplay by Shawn Slovo, revisits the ordeal of Patrick Chamusso, an ordinary black South African who, after being wrongly accused of crimes against...
