Not the best review - Cry Freedom

 1. Who was your favorite character from the film? Why?

>To be honest , I really liked both of the protagonists. Donald Woods (played by Kevin Kline) is an excelent character that gets a change in the movie. He is the editor a newspaper in South Africa during the Apartheid. If we compare him with other men he is not shown as a bad guy but neither the good one. Then he meets Steve Biko and the story unfolds. I really like that he can understand different lives and tries his best to be part of the help against the apartheid and the truth. He is a likeable character that represents what a journalist should be.

On the other hand we have Steve Biko (Played by Denzel Washington) , he is an activist anti apartheid that was a pacifist. Steve changes Donald for good, he teaches him about what is not shown by the white man, what apartheid is about to black people and the privileges that the white man has. He was a wise man that can analyze and comprehend the situation without feeling anger nor wrath against the whites.

2. What was your favorite scene from the film? Why?

>I really liked when Donald tries to escape. The whole segment is awesome. The way the plan was executed, how he tries to change his behavour and his appareance , the tension in the air that is reinforced with the music. At the same time we get to see his family trying to convince the police and it's a wonderful scene. We get to see how hurtful it is for the family and the struggle to get to the embassy.

3. How does the film differ from the other films? Use the article from The Guardian to help you

>In this movie it shown that the protagonists tries another way to fight , and that is without weapons. I could mention that Biko was part of the Black People's Convention that he founded. Another thing that i could point out is that in this film it is shown people (natives) not working in usual jobs and they were not tolerated by the white people in "normal" ones.
This film is not about any big milestone in the Apartheid at all (Like mandela's ones) or terrorism against the opressive goverment or soldiers, it's about what a normal man can do with ideas.