Movie: Cry Freedom (1987)
Tagline: The true story of the friendship that shook South Africa and awakened the world
Trivia: Often shown in two 80-minute parts, allowing for a convenient intermission in cinemas and for the two parts to be shown, for example, a week apart on television.
Goofs: Revealing mistakes: When the Woods family are on the beach planning their getaway (supposedly the beach close to East London, South Africa) the “sea” has vegetation growing out of it (trees, branches etc.). No filming could take place in South Africa at the time, so this scene was filmed at Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe.
“Donald Woods is chief editor at the liberal newspaper Daily Dispatch in South Africa. He has written several editorials critical of the views of Steve Biko. But after having met him for the first time, he changes his views. They meet several times, and this means that Woods and his family get attention from the security police. When Steve Biko dies in police custody, he writes a book about Biko. The only way to get it published is for Woods himself to illegally escape the country. Written by Mattias Thuresson <mattias.thuresson@mbox300.swipnet.se>”
