Cry Freedom / John Briley

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Briley, John | Akinyemi, Rowena

Edité par Oxford University Press | 2000

They said Steve Biko was a man of violence; then why did he talk of peace? They said he wanted revolution; so why did he talk of friendship? They said he died of hunger; why was his body broken and bruised? This is the story of a man's fight with the government of South Africa. It is the story of all people who prefer truth to lies. It is the story of all people who cry 'Freedom', and who are not afraid to die.

En 1975 en Afrique du Sud, le journaliste blanc Donald Woods se lie d'amitié avec Stephen Biko le leader d'un mouvement extrémiste : "Black Consciousness" qu'il rencontre au cours d'un reportage. De plus en plus proches, Woods est témoin d'actes de violence de la part de la police contre la communauté noire et s'implique de plus en plus dans la lutte anti-apartheid...jusqu'à l'arrestation de Biko et sa mort dans des conditions que les autorités tentent de dissimuler...

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