- HD 1080
- Runtime: 157m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United Kingdom, Zimbabwe
- Director: Richard Attenborough
- Stars: Kevin Kline, Denzel Washington, Penelope Wilton, Kate Hardie, John Matshikiza
- keywords: journalist, 1970s, male friendship, south africa, apartheid, biography, police corruption, racism, based on memoir or autobiography, newspaper editor, cape town, south africa, asylum seekers, lesotho
- Production_studio: Universal Pictures, Marble Arch Productions
- Slogan: The true story of the friendship that shook South Africa and awakened the world.
- The Cry Freedom is featured in the top rankings of 1987
- #38 in Top Drama Movies of 1987
A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald Woods is a white liberal journalist in South Africa who begins to follow the activities of Stephen Biko, a courageous and outspoken black anti-apartheid activist.