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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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  Excellent film!
  
  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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  - Winchester, England
  - 16 Jul 2004 at 09:09
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  WWW (Well Worth Watching)
  
  Tremendous stuff. During the late 70s, where this film is set, I had obviously heard of Steve Biko, but I was living a wayward sort of life and I considered him... read more »
  
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- - Emjay69
  - 320 reviews
  - Kidlington, Oxford
  - 17 Nov 2011 at 14:59
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  Cry Freedom and friendship
  
  This was a very real and thought provoking film detailing how different communities live in the mist of anti-apartheid.
  
  It challanges the attitudes ... read more »
  
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  - 12 Jun 2011 at 23:02
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  Su blooming perb
  
  Well good god I never knew the story but have read up on it since. Amazing bravery.
  
  Superb Acting
  
  Get Tissues out.
  
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- 921946
- - BUBBLES1972
  - 35 reviews
  - Bridgend
  - 09 Sep 2010 at 01:38
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  Cry Freedom
  
  Doesn't fail to make me cry when the scene for Steve Biko's funeral is played out. One of the best roles Kevin Kline has ever played, forget the comedy... read more »
  
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  - london
  - 21 Feb 2010 at 20:18
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  the memories of cry freedom
  
  i watched this movie when it first came out and it had a huge effect on me as a kid, a poweful story about the south african culture in 1980's. watching ... read more »
  
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- - JENKAY
  - 6 reviews
  - London
  - 13 Feb 2010 at 13:58
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  Cry Freedom
  
  This is a powerful film and extremely well portrayed. It held my attention from start to finished.
  
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- - HelenF
  - 20 reviews
  - Worcester
  - 12 Jul 2009 at 08:22
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  cry freedom
  
  this movie captures the heart and feeling of the viewers. a truly beautiful and moving film.
  
  worth watching again and again
  
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  - Welshpool, wales
  - 05 Apr 2009 at 19:30
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  Brilliant
  
  Fantastic story, fantastic performance and fantastic film
  
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- - historical
  - 107 reviews
  - Towcester
  - 27 Feb 2009 at 23:23
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  Read em and Weep
  
  Well, I have wanted to see this film for a while and am a big fan of Denzel so here we are. I ended up falling asleep about half way in as it became predictable... read more »
  
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- - Spider
  - 15 reviews
  - Ashington, England
  - 21 Feb 2009 at 20:09
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  worth a watch but dated
  
  Richard Attenborough is good at filming big scenes with lots of people running round and some of the scenes of anti-apartheid demonstrations in this film are ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 31 Jan 2009 at 07:17
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  - 1
  Excellent film!
  
  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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- 10881
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  - Winchester, England
  - 16 Jul 2004 at 09:09
- - 4
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  Stirring stuff
  
  The friendship that develops between Steve Biko, a black man [Denzel Washington], and white newspaper editor Donald Woods [Kevin Kline] during the apartheid era... read more »
  
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  - Machynlleth
  - 02 Dec 2008 at 17:45
- - 3
  - 1
  Sad and enlightening
  
  Made before apartheid had really ended Cry freedom is a powerful eye-opener and indictment of events that were happening thousands of miles away when I was just... read more »
  
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- - bathless
  - Lincolnshire
  - 19 Mar 2004 at 20:38
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  Historical drama
  
  This was an superb performance from Denzel Washington as a political activist during the South African apartheid troubles. Gives people who have never ... read more »
  
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- - Nellynell
  - 18 reviews
  - London
  - 01 Feb 2006 at 19:18
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  educational
  
  great film for finding out how bad it was living in south africa
  
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  - glasgow scotland
  - 11 Dec 2004 at 10:39
- - 1
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  Wheres the justice?
  
  An excellent movie, one to buy! What a performance by Denzel Washington, my fave actor by far! He pulls the accent off and looks convincing in his role as Steve... read more »
  
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- - Adam
  - Yorkshire
  - 11 Feb 2005 at 11:02
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  Lest we forget...
  
  A great film about the struggle of the black, coloured and even some white communities during Apartheid in South Africa. How easy it is to forget the danger of ... read more »
  
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  - England
  - 24 Nov 2005 at 19:32
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  Excellent Film to Watch.
  
  Another great film by Richard Attenborough in which shows the true brutal conditions and acts of the then boer apartheid regime and it’s policies against ... read more »
  
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  - Kent, England
  - 02 Dec 2005 at 00:31
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  Amazing stuff
  
  Simply great film. Find it interesting that in one of the bad reviews the film was described as almost propagandas, considering that all the facts in the film ... read more »
  
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- - James Fox
  - Londo, England
  - 14 Apr 2006 at 23:09
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  Natural
  
  A true story taken with proper events shows how the apartheid movement was brought down.
  
  Denzel was fantastic. The Anthem of South Africa was ... read more »
  
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- - knight
  - West Glamorgan
  - 13 Aug 2004 at 13:06

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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....