"Cry Freedom" begins with the story of a friendship between a white liberal

South African and an idealistic young black who later dies at the hands of South

African police. But the black leader is buried at the movie's halfway point, and

the rest of the story centers on the editor's desire to escape from South Africa

This movie promises to be an honest account of the turmoil in South Africa and a

story of a black activist, but it turns into a usual cliffhanger about the

editor's flight across the border. In my view, whites occupy most of the

foreground and establish terms of discussion, which the majority of blacks

remain in the shadow, half-seen presence in the background. A specific example

of this occurrence is at the soccer match where Steve and Ken hear Biko argue

for a black culture. Although we hear Biko preach to his fellow people, most

parts of these scenes we encounter Steve and Ken comparing opinions, while there

is no discussion between the black people.

"Cry Freedom" corrodes from exploring Biko and South Africa and turns into

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