Cry Freedom (1987)
Country: GB
Technical: col/Panavision 158m
Director: Richard Attenborough
Cast: Kevin Kline, Denzel Washington, Penelope Wilton
Synopsis:
The story of South African journalist Donald Woods's friendship with Steve Biko and his flight from the country following the latter's death in custody.
Review:
Though containing sequences of considerable power this film has a personality crisis halfway through when Biko dies: it becomes a straightforward, albeit true to life, thriller. In trying to be all things to all people it loses some of its early persuasiveness.
Country: GB
Technical: col/Panavision 158m
Director: Richard Attenborough
Cast: Kevin Kline, Denzel Washington, Penelope Wilton
Synopsis:
The story of South African journalist Donald Woods's friendship with Steve Biko and his flight from the country following the latter's death in custody.
Review:
Though containing sequences of considerable power this film has a personality crisis halfway through when Biko dies: it becomes a straightforward, albeit true to life, thriller. In trying to be all things to all people it loses some of its early persuasiveness.
Country: GB
Technical: col/Panavision 158m
Director: Richard Attenborough
Cast: Kevin Kline, Denzel Washington, Penelope Wilton
Synopsis:
The story of South African journalist Donald Woods's friendship with Steve Biko and his flight from the country following the latter's death in custody.
Review:
Though containing sequences of considerable power this film has a personality crisis halfway through when Biko dies: it becomes a straightforward, albeit true to life, thriller. In trying to be all things to all people it loses some of its early persuasiveness.