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Catch A Fire
2006
A political thriller that powerfully tells the real-life story of a South African hero's journey to freedom. In the country's turbulent and divided times in the 1980s, Patrick Chamusso (Derek Luke) is an oil refinery foreman and soccer coach who is apolitical - until he and his wife Precious (Bonnie Henna) are jailed. Patrick .. Read more
| Starring | Tim Robbins, Derek Luke, Bonnie Mbuli, Mncedisi Shabangu |
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| Director | Phillip Noyce |
| Run time | 101 mins |
| Genres | Drama |
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Originally known as 'Hotstuff' but changed to avoid unwarranted blaxploitation/disco era connotations, Catch A Fire is further proof that Africa has become fashionable continent for Western... read more »
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Essential viewing
This film should be part of the national curriculum! Essential viewing for any student of South African history, it tells loud and clear of the appalling brutality of the white regime in pre-ANC led South Africa. The acting is of a high enough calibre to make me rate this film very good, but the overall impact makes happy to give it 5 out of 5. There are a couple of moments of slight cheesiness, but they shouldn't detract too much. Even the South African accents aren't too bad!
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mixed feelings
i got a mixed feeling about this movie.. the acting is brilliant and the director has done a excellent job but somehow this movie does not keep me on the egde or give me that satisfying feeling.. tho its defi worth watching once as its based to the real hardships and its a good piece of art.. yeh dats it... a piece of art
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Catch a Fire
- 20 Mar 2007
Originally known as 'Hotstuff' but changed to avoid unwarranted blaxploitation/disco era connotations, Catch A Fire is further proof that Africa has become fashionable continent for Western liberal filmmakers. Not that you could accuse screenwriter Shawn Slovo of following a trend. Born and bred in South Africa, where her father Joe was leader of the Communist Party and a prominent ANC activist, she wrote A World Apart back in 1988, while Nelson Mandela was still in prison on Robben Island.... Read more
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