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Cry Freedom is a 1987 film about the life and death of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko and his friend, journalist Donald Woods. The film was directed by Richard Attenborough and starred Denzel Washington and Kevin Kline.
A 1987 film directed by Richard Attenborough, starring Denzel Washington and Kevin Kline, based on the book by Donald Woods. It depicts the true story of the South African journalist who investigated the death of his friend, the anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko, in police custody.
- (15K)
- Biography, Drama, History
- Richard Attenborough
- 1987-11-06
A movie about the friendship between a white editor and a black leader in apartheid South Africa, and the editor's escape from the country. Ebert criticizes the movie for focusing too much on the editor's story and not enough on the leader's reality.
The tension and terror that is present-day South Africa is powerfully portrayed in director Richard Attenborough's sweeping story of black activist Stephen B...
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.
- (27)
- Richard Attenborough
- PG
- Kevin Kline
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Donald Woods is a white liberal journalist in South Africa who begins to follow the activities of Stephen Biko, a courageous and outspoken black anti-apartheid activist. A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s.
