Film

Cry Freedom

1981 · 1h 10m · Drama

Our people shall be free

IMDb

7.5

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.

Albert Hall

Haraka

Prunella Gee

Susan

Jorge Coutinho

Kimano

Roberto Pirillo

David Buck

• Ola BalogunDirector · Writer
• Meja MwangiNovel
• Philippe GosseletEditor

Release date

January 1, 1981

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 10m

Genres

Drama