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Cry Freedom (1981)
Director: Ola Balogun
Cast: Albert Hall, Prunella Gee, Jorge Coutinho, Roberto Pirillo
Runtime70 min
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Balogun's most political film is a confrontation with the African wars of liberation. Based on Carcase for Hounds, Meja Mwangi's novel about the Mau-Mau uprising, it is set in an unnamed country and thus offers the vision of a pan-African struggle for freedom and against colonial oppression. The central figures in the straightforwardly and powerfully told story are the guerrilla leader Haraka and his adversary, the English colonial official Kingsley. In the end, the film becomes a homage to the freedom fighters from all over Africa: the final images show Patrice Lumumba, Steve Biko, Nelson Mandela and Amílcar Cabral, among others.
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Cry Freedom (1981), directed by Ola Balogun, is a powerful and politically charged drama that offers a pan-African perspective on the struggle for freedom from colonial oppression. With its confrontational storytelling and focus on memorable characters like the guerrilla leader Haraka and the English colonial official Kingsley, this film will captivate fans of socially conscious cinema that grapples with the complexities of liberation movements.
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Cry Freedom is a 1987 epic biographical drama film directed and produced by Richard Attenborough, set in apartheid-era South Africa in 1977. The screenplay was written by John Briley based on a pair of books by journalist Donald Woods. The film centres on the real-life events involving South African activist Steve Biko and his friend Woods, who initially finds him too radical, and attempts to understand his way of life. Denzel Washington stars as Biko, while Kevin Kline portrays Woods. Penelope Wilton co-stars as Woods's wife Wendy. Cry Freedom delves into the ideas of racism, segregation, disenfranchisement, socioeconomic inequality, political corruption, and the repercussions of violence.
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