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Cry Freedom

Name: Cry Freedom
Released: 1987

1987

Based on true events, a white South African newspaper editor befriends the charismatic Black consciousness leader Steve Biko, and after Biko dies in police custody, risks everything to expose the truth and flee the country. A powerful anti-apartheid drama.

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Part of 8 Movies Set in or About South Africa

This film is stop 4 of 8 in the hand-ranked outside-view route set in or about South Africa. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

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