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Sep 12, 1985 · With Michael Aldridge, Nigel Davenport, Mark Dignam, Albert Finney. Based on the official transcripts of the investigation that followed after the very suspicious notorious death in prison of one of the most important leading men of the South African anti-apartheid movement, Steven Biko.
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- Drama, History
- Graham Evans, Albert Finney
- 1985-09-12
2 days ago · As a result of domestic and international pressure after Biko’s death, the South African government agreed to hold a public inquest later that year. Yet details of Biko’s death remained ...
A scuffle with security police caused brain damage. He was then driven, naked and manacled in the back of a police van, to Pretoria. He died there on 12 September 1977. Biko's funeral was the first big political funeral in South Africa.
Biko became officially the 46th victim of torture and death under the State Security Laws. His death helped highlight the brutality of South African security laws to the...
The inquest into his death was dramatised as a play, The Biko Inquest, first performed in London in 1978; a 1984 performance was directed by Albert Finney and broadcast on television. [172]
May 14, 1978 · The Royal Shakespeare production of “The Biko Inquest” opened in London on Feb. 5, with Ian McKellen cast in the key role of S. W. Kentridge, counsel to the Biko family (in the New York ...
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Sep 17, 2020 · Steve Biko, one of the most prominent leaders in the anti-apartheid struggle, died in police detention on September 12, 1977. He was imprisoned on charges of terrorism. The South African Minister of Police announced that he died after a seven-day hunger strike.
