Cry Freedom (1987)

Directors

Richard Attenborough

Cast

Denzel Washington, Kevin Kline, Penelope Wilton, John Thaw, John Hargreaves, Ian Richardson, Kate Hardie

The story

Following a news story depicting the demolition of a slum in East London in the south-east of the Cape Province in South Africa, liberal white South African journalist Donald Woods seeks more information about the incident and ventures off to meet the anti-Apartheid black activist Steve Biko, a leading member of the Black Consciousness Movement. Biko has been officially banned by the National Party-led government and is not permitted to leave his defined 'banning area' at King William's Town. Woods is opposed to Biko's banning, but remains critical of his political views.

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