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CRY FREEDOM, directed by Richard Attenborough, from a screenplay by John Briley, premieres in Los Angeles. Set in1977 in apartheid-riven South Africa, the story centres on a local newspaper publisher who risks government reprisals through his dogged investigations into the death in custody of prominent black activist he had befriended. Potent, fact-based political thriller with Kevin Kline & Denzel Washington.
