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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 .
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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 ...
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 .
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.
A co-production between India and the United Kingdom, the film was directed and produced by Richard Attenborough from a screenplay written by John Briley. It stars Ben Kingsley in the title role. The biographical film covers Gandhi's life from a defining moment in 1893 , as he is thrown off a South African train for being in a whites -only ...
Julian Wyatt Glover (born 27 March 1935) is an English actor with many stage, television, and film roles.Classically trained, he is a recipient of the Laurence Olivier Award and has performed many times for the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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