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Actors: Kevin Kline, Denzel Washington
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Cry Freedom |
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Cry Freedom is a biopic of South African activist Steve Biko, played by Denzel Washington, during Apartheid in the 1960s and 70s.
Kevin Kline plays Donald Woods, a white journalist living with his wife and children in South Africa who is critical of Biko at first. But then the two men become friends, and together they fight for an end to Apartheid.
The political ramifications are great for both men. Woods finds himself and his family threatened. Biko is arrested by police and while in their custody, suffers a massive head injury which later kills him. It is a grisly death which outrages the world and becomes symbolic of Aparteid struggles.
Woods realizes that he must carry on the fight for Biko. He wants to expose the truth behind his gruesome death at the hands of the police, but can't in South Africa. If he wants to publish a book about it, he and his family must make a daring illegal escape out of the country.
--Sarah Bastin, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Cry Freedom |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Polit/Social/Race/Gender activism
Yes
Plotlet:
- rrrrrracism!!!!!
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- editor/publisher
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Setting
Africa
Yes
Kind of Africa:
- Black Africa
- White Enclave
Misc setting
- prison
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- concerned
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Subtitles?
- No
Is this movie based on a
- book
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