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Cry Freedom is a 1987 epic biographical drama film directed and produced by Richard Attenborough, set in late-1970s apartheid-era South Africa. The screenplay was written by John Briley based on a pair of books by journalist Donald Woods .
Briley attempted to obtain an injunction, claiming he had paid the King family $200,000 in personality rights. [11] In 1987, Briley again teamed up with Attenborough for Cry Freedom, about the South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko. [9] Briley had disagreements with Donald Woods, the journalist whose books formed the basis of the ...
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Donald James Woods CBE (15 December 1933 – 19 August 2001) was a South African journalist and anti-apartheid activist.As editor of the Daily Dispatch, he was known for befriending fellow activist Steve Biko, who was killed by police after being detained by the South African government.
Biko died on September 12, 1977, while in police custody. The official police report stated that he had died as the result of a hunger strike.But South African journalist Woods, after first seeing the body, was convinced that Biko was beaten to death.
In the film Cry Freedom (1987), which was based on Woods's role in the anti-apartheid struggle, Kruger was portrayed by English actor John Thaw. In the film Goodbye Bafana (2007), Kruger was portrayed by South African actor Norman Anstey.
John Langalibalele Dube's Ohlange Zulu Choir popularised the hymn at concerts in Johannesburg, and it became a popular church hymn that was also adopted as the anthem at political meetings. A version by the London Symphony Orchestra under André Previn was featured in the film Cry Freedom (1987).