The press release announces a new, 55-minute documentary, "Biko: Breaking the Silence," about Steve Biko, the brilliant and charismatic founder of the South African Black Consciousness movement who was killed while in police custody on September 12, 1977. The press release says the film reveals the life that Richard Attenborough's "Cry Freedom" only hints at. The Zimbabwean and ex-patriot South African film team shot extensively on the set and employed scenes from "Cry Freedom" to supplement interviews with Biko's colleagues, archival footage, and a look at the mounting crisis inside South Africa. They explore Biko's intellectual development, the importance of Black Consciousness, why Biko...
The press release announces a new, 55-minute documentary, "Biko: Breaking the Silence," about Steve Biko, the brilliant and charismatic founder of the South African Black Consciousness movement who was killed while in police custody on September 12, 1977. The press release says the film reveals the life that Richard Attenborough's "Cry Freedom" only hints at. The Zimbabwean and ex-patriot South African film team shot extensively on the set and employed scenes from "Cry Freedom" to supplement interviews with Biko's colleagues, archival footage, and a look at the mounting crisis inside South Africa. They explore Biko's intellectual development, the importance of Black Consciousness, why Biko became such a galvanizing figure, the circumstances of his murder, and his profound influence upon the anti-apartheid struggle, including in the ten years since his death. This film is the latest release from California Newsreel's Southern Africa Media Center, the most comprehensive source of films and videos on apartheid in the world. Other 1988 releases include Walter Cronkite's "Children of Apartheid," "The Cry of Reason," and "Girls Apart." Cornelius Moore is the contact person on this release.
