Cry Freedom
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.
- genus: Drama
- Studio: Universal Pictures, Marble Arch Productions
- keyword: journalist, 1970s, male friendship, south africa, apartheid, biography, police corruption, racism, based on memoir or autobiography, newspaper editor, cape town, south africa, asylum seekers, lesotho
- cast: Kevin Kline, Denzel Washington, Penelope Wilton, Kate Hardie, John Matshikiza, Zakes Mokae
