Cry Freedom

(1987)

★ 7 IMDb · 238 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1987

Runtime: 157 мин

Country: United Kingdom, Zimbabwe

Director: Ричард Аттенборо

Cast: Кевин Клайн, Дензел Вашингтон, Пенелопа Уилтон, Kate Hardie, John Matshikiza, Zakes Mokae, Джон Тоу, Кевин МакНелли, John Hargreaves, Juanita Waterman

Plot

A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald Woods is a white liberal journalist in South Africa who begins to follow the activities of Stephen Biko, a courageous and outspoken black anti-apartheid activist.

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.