Cry FreedomMovie
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
Cry Freedom is a 1981 drama movie directed by Ola Balogun.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 10m, production credits from Nigeria, an original language code of EN.
The credited cast includes Albert Hall, Prunella Gee, Jorge Coutinho, Roberto Pirillo. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
