Cry Freedom

Cry Freedom

1987 · 2 hr 37 min · PG

Biography, Drama, History

Directors

Richard Attenborough

Actors

  • Denzel Washington
  • Kevin Kline
  • Josette Simon

Credits: 2

Summary

South African journalist Donald Woods is forced to flee the country after attempting to investigate the death in custody of his friend, the Black anti-Apartheid activist Steve Biko.

More about this movie

Donald Woods (Kevin Kline) is chief editor of the liberal newspaper "Daily Dispatch" in South Africa. He has written several editorials critical of the views of Steve Biko (Denzel Washington). But after having met him for the first time, he changes his opinion. 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 to illegally escape the country.

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