HamzaMohamed,Review,CryFreedom

Cry Freedom is a movie directed by Richard Attenborough,released in 1987,based on two books written by Donald Woods. This British drama is based on true events. It narrates the struggle of Steve Biko, a black South African anti-apartheid activist.  In the apartheid era black people were opressed by the Afrikaneers which were the minority. Many black activists spoke up and fought the apartheid, one of them and my favourite was Steve Biko. He grew up in a black township in poor living conditions. Steve would always see the good things made by white people, so he began to think that black people were inferior. Growing up he cleared his thoughts and he began to realise the truth. In his point of view, black people didn't need to be compared with the white. Black and white had to be equal, but they are different. Steve Biko thought that the black community didn't need to be tought and educated by the white, they didn't need to learn white history, they had their own things to learn. Steve Biko would always say Black is Beautiful, what he meant is that black people are also humans, they also have their rights, they are as strong or as weak as the white people are. They are made of the same things, so why wouldn't they have equal rights? Steve Biko was killed by the government because he was a threat and Donald Woods had to tell his story. He escaped to Lesothia and published his book. Superheros don't need a cape, Steve Biko was one. He fought for what is right and he defended his race. Steve's dead was not for nothing, with his dead awarness was extended in whole South Africa, and black “beautiful” people started to demand their rights.