Catch a Fire (1996)

Name: Catch a Fire
Director: Menelik Shabazz
Genre: Documentary, Drama, History
Released: 1996-01-15
Duration: 29 min
Cast: Burt Caesar, Paul Campbell, Reginald Carter, Stuart Hall

Documentary Drama History

Director: Menelik Shabazz

Cast: Burt Caesar, Paul Campbell, Reginald Carter, Stuart Hall

Runtime29 min

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This award winning drama/doc tells the story of Paul Bogle, leader of the Morant Bay Rebellion 1865. This rebellion had a major impact on attitudes to race and empire in Victorian Britain, still present today.

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Catch a Fire (1996), directed by Menelik Shabazz, is a powerful blend of documentary and drama that explores the Morant Bay Rebellion of 1865 and its lasting impact on attitudes towards race and empire in Victorian Britain. With standout performances from the ensemble cast, including Burt Caesar and Paul Campbell, this award-winning film offers a thought-provoking historical perspective that will captivate fans of social and political dramas.

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Catch a Fire is a 2006 biographical thriller film about activists against apartheid in South Africa. The film was directed by Phillip Noyce and written by Shawn Slovo. Slovo's father, Joe Slovo, and mother Ruth First, leaders of the South African Communist Party and activists in the Anti-Apartheid Movement, appear as characters in the film, while her sister, Robyn Slovo, is one of the film's producers and also plays their mother Ruth First. Catch a Fire was filmed on location in South Africa, Swaziland and Mozambique.