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Cry Freedom (1981)

ALL 01/01/1981 (en) Drama 70 Min
  • Release
    01/01/1981
  • Production
    Afrocult Foundation
  • Rotten tomato
    60%
  • Original title
    Cry Freedom
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Our people shall be free

Overview

Balogun's most political film is a confrontation with the African wars of liberation. Based on Carcase for Hounds, Meja Mwangi's novel about the Mau-Mau uprising, it is set in an unnamed country and thus offers the vision of a pan-African struggle for freedom and against colonial oppression. The central figures in the straightforwardly and powerfully told story are the guerrilla leader Haraka and his adversary, the English colonial official Kingsley. In the end, the film becomes a homage to the freedom fighters from all over Africa: the final images show Patrice Lumumba, Steve Biko, Nelson Mandela and Amílcar Cabral, among others.

  1. Ola Balogun

    Director

  2. Story

  4. Producer



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Cry Freedom (1981) 70 Min

ALL 01/01/1981 (en)
Drama
  • Release 01/01/1981
  • Production
    Afrocult Foundation
  • Original title Cry Freedom
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Our people shall be free

Overview

Balogun's most political film is a confrontation with the African wars of liberation. Based on Carcase for Hounds, Meja Mwangi's novel about the Mau-Mau uprising, it is set in an unnamed country and thus offers the vision of a pan-African struggle for freedom and against colonial oppression. The central figures in the straightforwardly and powerfully told story are the guerrilla leader Haraka and his adversary, the English colonial official Kingsley. In the end, the film becomes a homage to the freedom fighters from all over Africa: the final images show Patrice Lumumba, Steve Biko, Nelson Mandela and Amílcar Cabral, among others.

  1. Ola Balogun

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Philippe Gosselet

    Editor

  4. Producer



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