"The true story of the friendship that shook South Africa and awakened the world."

1987

2h 37m

7.0(224 votes)

Drama

Overview

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.

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98 members

Acting

Kevin Kline

Donald Woods

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Denzel Washington

Steve Biko

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Penelope Wilton

Wendy Woods

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Kate Hardie

Jane Woods

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John Matshikiza

Mapetla

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Zakes Mokae

Father Kani

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John Thaw

Kruger

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Kevin McNally

Ken

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John Hargreaves

Bruce

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Juanita Waterman

Ntsiki Biko

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Julian Glover

Don Card

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Josette Simon

Dr Ramphele

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Timothy West

Capt. De Wet

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Miles Anderson

Lemick

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Ian Richardson

State Prosecutor

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Andrew McCulloch

Policeman Nel

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Gerald Sim

Police Doctor

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Gary Whelan

Guard

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Glen Murphy

Guard

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Peter Cartwright

Police Sergeant

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Badi Uzzaman

Mortician

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Gwyneth Powell

Girl at Funeral

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Philip Bretherton

Major Boshoff

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Alec McCowen

Acting High Comissioner

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Joseph Marcell

Moses

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Judy Cornwell

Receptionist

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John Paul

Wendy's Father

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Gwen Watford

Wendy's Mother

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William Marlowe

Police Sergeant

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Paul Jerricho

Sergeant Louw

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Nick Tate

Pilot

Writing

Andrew Whaley

Sub-Editor

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Shelley Borkum

Woods' Receptionist

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Albert Ndinda

Alec

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Evelyn Sithole

Nurse at Clinic

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Xoliswa Sithole

Nurse at Clinic

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James Coine

Young Boy

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Wabei Siyolwe

Tenjy

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Tony Vogel

2nd Roadblock Policeman

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Michael Graham Cox

3rd Passport Control Officer

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Hepburn Graham

Soga

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Graeme Taylor

Dillon Woods

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Sophie Mgcina

Evalina

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Jim Findley

Peter Jones

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Garrick Hagon

McElrea

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Adam Stuart Walker

Duncan Woods

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Hamish Stuart Walker

Gavin Woods

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Spring Stuart Walker

Meg Woods

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Patricia Gumede

Shebeen Queen

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Angela Gavaza

Shebeen Queen's Niece

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Nocebo Mlambo

Aunt

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Walter Matemavi

Nephew

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Clement Muchachi

Father

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Ruth Chinamando

Mother

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Basil Chidyamathamba

Brother-in-Law

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Marcy Mushore

Niece

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Alton Kumalo

Speaker

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Lawrence Simbarashe

Informer

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Carl Chase

Policeman

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William Morgan Sheppard

Policeman (as Morgan Sheppard)

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Tichatonga Mazhindu

Dilima

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Neil McPherson

Lemick's Assistant

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Claude Maredza

1st Rugby Player

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Carlton Chance

2nd Rugby Player

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Russell Keith Grant

2nd Security Guard

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Munyaradzi Kanaventi

Samora Biko

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George Lovell

Nkosinathi Biko

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Graham Fletcher-Cook

Nel's Partner

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Karen Drury

Young Secretary

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Niven Boyd

1st Roadblock Policeman

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Christopher Hurst

3rd Roadblock Policeman

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Dudley Dickin

Nationalist Party Delegate

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David Trevena

Mortician

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Robert Phillips

Speaker at Funeral

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Fishoo Tembo

Biko's Brother

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Peggy Marsh

Helen Suzman

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Gwyneth Strong

Girl at Funeral

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Paul Herzberg

Beukes

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Robert MacNamara

Security Policeman

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Hans Sittig

Security Policeman

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Kimpton Mativenga

Black Security Policeman

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David Henry

Afrikaner Farmer

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Michael Turner

Judge Boshoff

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Mawa Makondo

Jason

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Kalie Hanekom

Magistrate Prins

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Star Ncube

1st Prisoner

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Art

David Guwaza

2nd Prisoner

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Tommy Buson

Tami

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Hilary Minster

1st Passport Control Officer

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James Aubrey

2nd Passport Control Officer

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Peter Cary

White Frontier Policeman

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Dominic Kanaventi

Black Frontier Policeman

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Sam Mathambo

Lesotho Passport Officer

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Walter Muparutsa

Lesotho Businessman

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Louis Mahoney

Lesotho Goverment Official

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John Hartley

4th Passport Control Officer

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Simon Shumba

Young Lesotho Official

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Marilyn Poole

Acting High Commissioner's Wife

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