Cry Freedom
"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.
About Cry Freedom (1981)
Released in 1981, Cry Freedom is a drama film from Afrocult Foundation (Nigeria). It was directed by Ola Balogun and written by Ola Balogun. The cast is led by Albert Hall, Prunella Gee, Jorge Coutinho, Roberto Pirillo and David Buck. With a runtime of 1h 10m, the film averages 8.0/10 across 2 TMDB ratings.
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