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| Genres: | Biography, Drama. |
| Year: | 1987. |
| Director: | Richard Attenborough. |
| IMDB Rating: | 7.30 (3851 votes). |
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| Josette Simon | Dr. Ramphele | | Wabei Siyolwe | Tenjy | | John Matshikiza | Mapetla | | Juanita Waterman | Ntsiki Biko | | Evelyn Sithole | Nurse at clinic | | Xoliswa Sithole | Nurse at clinic | | James Coine | Young boy | | Kevin Kline | Donald Woods | | Kevin McNally | Ken | | Albert Ndinda | Alec | | Andrew Whaley | Sub-Editor | | Shelley Borkum | Woods' receptionist | | Denzel Washington | Steve Biko | | Penelope Wilton | Wendy Woods | | Kate Hardie | Jane Woods |
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Plot: Donald Woods is chief editor at the liberal newspaper Daily Dispatch in South Africa. He has written several editorials critical of the views of Steve Biko. But after having met him for the first time, he changes his views. They meet several times, and this means that Woods and his family get attention from the security police. When Steve Biko dies in police custody, he writes a book about Biko. The only way to get it published is for Woods himself to illegally escape the country.
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