Cry Freedom

by Richard Attenborough

Richard Attenborough's Cry A Pictorial Record. Paperback.

Genres: Media Tie In

128 pages, Paperback

First published November 12, 1987

About the author

Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough /ˈætənbərə/, CBE (29 August 1923 – 24 August 2014) was an English actor, film director, producer and entrepreneur. He was the President of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).

As a film director and producer, he won two Academy Awards for Gandhi in 1983. He has also won four BAFTA Awards and four Golden Globe Awards. As an actor he is perhaps best known for his roles in Brighton Rock, The Great Escape, 10 Rillington Place, Miracle on 34th Street and Jurassic Park.

He was the older brother of Sir David Attenborough, the naturalist and broadcaster, and John Attenborough, who was an executive at Alfa Romeo.

Reviews

[Suresh · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reading this, I wondered why a book of still photographs of the movie Cry Freedom, when the movie will do? Having seen the movie many years ago, I revisited and learnt deeper the injustices of hate (and there is so much hate), of racial intolerance, of the injustices between white and black and of the injustice of having your murder pursued for justice when so many others are not. I also learnt of the sacrifices made by others in the pursuit of justice. (It is also through this book that I learnt that Richard and David Attenborough are brothers.)