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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.
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“The true story of the friendship that shook South Africa and awakened the world.”
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- Nov 6, 1987
- 2h 37m
- English
- Richard Attenborough
- John Briley, Donald Woods
- Released
- $29.0M
- $25.9M
