CRY FREEDOM - 1987RATED - PG for mild language and violence. Violence is not graphic except one mob scene where innocent women & children are shown being shot in back as fleeing. Not overly graphic by today's standards but not for younger children.
RATINGS - 47 Amazon (4.5/5), 110,533 Netflix (3.9/5), 4,187 IMDB (7.3/10).
STARRING - Denzel Washington, Kevin Kline, Penelope Wilson, directed by Richard Attenborough.
AWARDS - 1988 OSCAR nominations for BEST MUSICAL SONG, BEST MUSICAL SCORE, BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (Washington), 1988 BAFTA nominations for BEST FILM, BEST DIRECTION, BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST EDITING, BEST SCORE, 1988 GOLDEN GLOBE nominations for BEST MOTION PICTURE, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST ACTOR BEST ORIGINAL SCORE.
THEMES - Justice, friendship, racial discrimination, racial reconciliation.
STORY - Based on a true story and book by the same name the film starts out in 1975 in South Africa with the police raiding a black township and destroying almost the entire village along with killing and wounding many residents. Donald Woods, a liberal newspaper editor, captures some of the photos of the raid and publishes them along with a piece about Steve Biko, the black activist leader, accusing him of reverse racism. A black woman medical doctor manages to get thru to Woods and challenges him to personally meet Biko and see if he is really racist. Woods accepts the challenge and begins a friendship between two unlikely people in apartheid South Africa. Both men eventually must put their lives and families' lives at risk in the cause of overturning apartheid. Another one of several outstanding films portraying the struggle of blacks in South Africa for the freedom and dignity so many of us took for granted. The cinematography and music are outstanding along with Denzel Washington. Can be viewed by the whole family except younger children. Enjoy! Lu G. for Lu's Reviews. 03/14/2009.
LINKS - AMAZON, IMDB & TRAILER
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