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8:30pm Sat 13th December

Cry Freedom

PG lva

Starring
Denzel Washington, Kevin Kline, Penelope Wilton

Director
Richard Attenborough

Year
1987

Genre
Drama

Synopsis
From the Oscar-winning director of Gandhi, Richard Attenborough, comes this moving drama about a South African white journalist, Donald Woods, who befriends Stephen Biko, a black anti-apartheid activist who is later brutally murdered by government troops. Woods was forced to flee the country during his investigations. Kevin Kline and Denzel Washington star as Woods and Biko.

TRIVIA:
According to Richard Attenborough, a number of cast members are South African exiles; Denzel Washington was cast for the role of Biko after Richard Attenborough saw him in an episode of St. Elsewhere (1982).

When will this screen next?

SHOWTIME GREATS
Sat 3rd January 5:15AM

Alternate Screenings

SHOWTIME GREATS
Sat 10th January 10:30PM
Sun 11th January 9:20AM
Fri 23rd January 5:55PM
Sat 24th January 3:30AM
Thu 29th January 2:15PM

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