Cry Freedom
Released Date
November 6, 1987
Distributor
Universal Pictures
Genre
Drama
Rating
PG
Worldwide Gross
Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$5,899,797 + $0 = $5,899,797
$5,899,797 + $0 = $5,899,797
About Cry Freedom
South African journalist Donald Woods is forced to flee the country, after attempting to investigate the death in custody of his friend, the black activist Steve Biko.
About
Based on true events, the film is set in apartheid-torn South Africa, where a white journalist Donald Woods and black activist Steve Biko form an unlikely friendship. Woods later must find answers to why Steve Baiko was murdered.
Trivia
The film was mainly shot on location in Zimbabwe and in Kenya rather than South Africa. The movie takes place from November 24, 1975 to January 2, 1979.