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Cry Freedom (1987)
Directed by Richard Attenborough
Overview
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.
Rated PG | Length 157 minutes
Actors
Kevin Kline | Denzel Washington | Penelope Wilton | Kate Hardie | John Matshikiza | Zakes Mokae | John Thaw | Kevin McNally | John Hargreaves | Juanita Waterman | Julian Glover | Josette Simon | Timothy West | Miles Anderson | Ian Richardson | Andrew McCulloch | Gerald Sim | Gary Whelan | Glen Murphy | Peter Cartwright | Badi Uzzaman | Gwyneth Powell | Philip Bretherton | Alec McCowen | Joseph Marcell | Judy Cornwell | John Paul | Gwen Watford | William Marlowe | Paul Jerricho | Nick Tate | Andrew Whaley | Shelley Borkum | Albert Ndinda | Evelyn Sithole | Xoliswa Sithole | James Coine | Wabei Siyolwe | Tony Vogel | Michael Graham Cox | Hepburn Graham | Graeme Taylor | Sophie Mgcina | Jim Findley | Garrick Hagon | Adam Stuart Walker | Hamish Stuart Walker | Spring Stuart Walker | Patricia Gumede | Angela Gavaza | Nocebo Mlambo | Walter Matemavi | Clement Muchachi | Ruth Chinamando | Basil Chidyamathamba | Marcy Mushore | Alton Kumalo | Lawrence Simbarashe | Carl Chase | William Morgan Sheppard | Tichatonga Mazhindu | Neil McPherson | Claude Maredza | Carlton Chance | Russell Keith Grant | Munyaradzi Kanaventi | George Lovell | Graham Fletcher-Cook | Karen Drury | Niven Boyd | Christopher Hurst | Dudley Dickin | David Trevena | Robert Phillips | Fishoo Tembo | Peggy Marsh | Gwyneth Strong | Paul Herzberg | Robert MacNamara | Hans Sittig | Kimpton Mativenga | David Henry | Michael Turner | Mawa Makondo | Kalie Hanekom | Star Ncube | David Guwaza | Tommy Buson | Hilary Minster | James Aubrey | Peter Cary | Dominic Kanaventi | Sam Mathambo | Walter Muparutsa | Louis Mahoney | John Hartley | Simon Shumba | Marilyn Poole