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Cry Freedom Details

1987 Certificate PG
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This is the retelling of the life of South African anti-apartheid activist Stephen Biko as seen through the eyes of his friend, liberal white newspaper editor Donald Woods. Academy Award Nominations: 3, including Best Supporting Actor--Denzel Washington. Read more

Starring Kevin Kline, Denzel Washington, Penelope Wilton, Kevin McNally
Director Richard Attenborough
Genres Drama

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Cry Freedom

This is the retelling of the life of South African anti-apartheid activist Stephen Biko as seen through the eyes of his friend, liberal white newspaper editor Donald Woods. Academy Award Nominations: 3, including Best Supporting Actor--Denzel Washington.

Starring Kevin Kline, Denzel Washington, Penelope Wilton, Kevin McNally
Director Richard Attenborough
Studio UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK
Run time DVD: 2 hrs 31 mins
Certificate Certificate PG
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English
Hearing-impaired English
Subtitles DVD: Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Swedish
Released Production year: 1987

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DVD: 24 Dec 2001

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    • 2 stars out of 4  

      Part thriller, part social conscience tract, the film has magnificent set-pieces typical of the director's work. However, it failed to satisfy either opponents or supporters of apartheid.

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      This film portrays brutality and oppression without gratuitous violence. Moreover, it tells an interesting piece of history that might otherwise escape most of... read more »

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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 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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