DVD
2 of 2 Copies Available
- ALMA POWELL: Audiovisual Collection
- CENTRAL: Audiovisual Collection
Cry freedom
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN)
Edition
Widescreen version.
Performers
Denzel Washington, Kevin Kline, Penelope Wilton.
Publication Information
Universal City, CA : Universal, c1999.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (159 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
This is the story of black activist Stephen Biko and a liberal white newspaper editor, Donald Woods. After learning of apartheid's true horrors through Biko's eyes, Woods discovers that his friend has been silenced by the police. Determined not to let Biko's message go unheard, Woods undertakes a perilous quest to escape South Africa and bring Biko's remarkable tale of courage to the world. The riveting, true story offers a stirring account of man at his most evil and most heroic.
Notes
DVD format ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
Videodisc release of the 1987 motion picture.
Based on the books Biko and Asking for trouble, by Donald Woods.
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Rated PG.
In English with optional French language soundtrack ; optional subtitles in English and Spanish.
From container: The true story of the friendship that shook South Africa and awakened the world.