Cry Freedom (Cry Freedom)
Directed by: Richard AttenboroughCast list: Denzel Washington, Kevin Kline, Josette Simon
Country: United Kingdom
Year: 1987
Genres: Drama / Biographical /
Runtime: 157 min.
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The film is based on the book by Donald Woods, chief editor at the liberal newspaper Daily Dispatch during the Apartheid years in South Africa. He has written several editorials critical of the views of Steve Biko. But after having met him for the first time, he changes his views. They meet several times, and this means that Woods and his family get attention from the security police. When Steve Biko dies in police custody, he writes a book about Biko. The only way to get it published is for Woods himself to illegally escape the country.
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Subjects: English language / Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Contemporary world / History /
Topics: education in human values / natural resources, wealth and poverty, commerce, consumption / culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / biographies, autobiographies / human relations, psychology, sociology / journalism, mass media, advertising / human rights / film adaptation of literary or graphic work / books and writing / judicial system, prisons, death penalty / politics, political systems /
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