A white editor puts his career and life on the line when he befriends a black nationalist leader and seeks justice for the latter’s brutal murder., Richard Attenborough’s film, set in apartheid-torn South Africa, stars Kevin Kline as journalist Donald Woods and Oscar-winner Denzel Washington as Steve Biko. Woods is editor of the East London Daily Express and Steve Biko is a young black leader struggling to improve life in the townships. The two form an unlikely friendship but when Biko is taken into police custody and then murdered, Woods is placed under house arrest. Fearing for his family’s safety, he decides to smuggle them over the border, despite the dangers exposure and capture would bring. Successful despite many close shaves, Woods and his family eventually arrive in England. Woods subsequently wrote two books, including one on Biko’s death, that brought the activities of the apartheid regime into the spotlight., A white liberal journalist got to know Biko, a black anti-apartheid activist and became friends. The activist got murdered by the government for his activities against the country’s cruelty towards the black populace., New Synopsis, South African journalist Donald Woods is forced to flee the country after attempting to investigate the death in custody of his friend the black activist Steve Biko., A white liberal journalist befriends a black anti-apartheid activist in 1970s South Africa., Harrowing drama, based on a true story, about the dangerous friendship between two men in South Africa: one the white journalist Donald Woods, the other the black activist Steve Biko., The true story of the murder of South African civil rights leader Steve Biko and the struggle to publish his story. Featuring exceptional performances from Denzel Washington and Kevin Kline., A powerful drama that helped expose to the world the malfeasance of South African apartheid, Cry Freedom chronicles the fact-based friendship between an outspoken white newspaper editor who brazenly rejects racist British policies and South African pacifistic civil-rights activist Steve Biko. After Biko suspiciously dies, Woods, though forced to flee the country with his family, continued to broadcast Biko’s message to the world., Donald Woods is a white liberal journalist in 1970s South Africa who begins to follow the activities of Stephen Biko a courageous and outspoken black anti-apartheid activist. Woods and his wife Wendy get to know Biko, and they become friends, until Biko is brutally murdered at the hands of government troops in 1977 for his activities against the country’s repression of the black majority population.
Q&A :
Q: Who are the main cast members in “Cry Freedom ” ?
A: The main cast includes Kevin Kline,Denzel Washington,Penelope Wilton,Kate Hardie,Josette Simon,Zakes Mokae,Sophie Mgcina,Joseph Marcell,John Hargreaves,Alec McCowen,Kevin McNally,Ian Richardson,Timothy West,Miles Anderson,Tommy Buson,Jim Findlay,Julian Glover,Alton Kumalo,Louis Mahoney,Mawa Makondo,John Matshikiza,John Paul,Wabei Siyolwe,Gwen Watford,Juanita Waterman,Graeme Taylor,Adam Stuart Walker,Hamish Stuart Walker,Spring Stuart Walker,James Coine,Albert Ndinda,Andrew Whaley,Judy Cornwell,Shelley Borkum,Patricia Gumede,David Guwaza,Angela Gavaza,Nocebo Mlambo,Walter Matemavi,Clement Muchachi,Ruth Chinamando,Basil Chidyamathamba,Buddy Uzzaman,Marcy Mushore,Lawrence Simbrashe,Tichatonga Mazhindu,Neil McPherson,Hepburn Graham,Munyaradzi Kanaventi,George Lovell,Andrew McCulloch,Graham Fletcher-Cook,Karen Drury,Gerald Sim,Peter Cartwright,Gary Whelan,Dudley Dickin,David Trevena,Badi Uzzaman,Robert L. Phillips Jr.,Fishoo Tembo,Peggy Marsh,Gwyneth Strong,Philip Bretherton,Paul Herzberg,Kimpton Mativenga,David Henry,Michael Turner,Kalie Hanekom,Paul Jerricho,Peter Cary,Dominic Kanaventi,Sam Mathambo,Walter Muparutsa,Judy Cornwall,Simon Shumba,Garrick Hagon,Nick Tate,Marilyn Poole,William Marlowe,Evelyn Sithole,Paul Hertzberg,Xoliswa Sithole,Carl Chase,William Morgan Sheppard,Claude Maredza,Carlton Chance,Glen Murphy,Russell Keith Grant,Niven Boyd,Tony Vogel,Hilary Minster,Christopher Hurst,Robert McNamara,Hans Sittig,Hilary Minister,James Aubrey,Michael Graham Cox,John Hartley,John Thaw,Garick Hagon,Andrew Whaley,John Mollo,Ronnie Taylor,Susie Figgis,Gerry Humphreys,Stuart Craig,Simon Kaye,David Harris,Wally Schneiderman,Lesley Walker,Wendy Woods,Donald Woods,George Richardson,Peter Brace,John Briley,George Fenton,Michael Seirton,Norman Spencer,John King,Terence Clegg,Jonathan Bates,Norman Dorme.
Q: When Did the “Cry Freedom” Released?
A: The Movie “Cry Freedom” originally aired on 1987-11-05 and released in the year of 1987.
Q: What Languages are available to watch “Cry Freedom” ?
A: Is also available in eng language.
Q: Where to watch “Cry Freedom” ?
A: “Cry Freedom” is Avaiable on Netflix. as its Netflix Originals.
