A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald Woods is a white liberal journalist in South Africa who begins to follow the activities of Stephen Biko, a courageous and outspoken black anti-apartheid activist.
Cast
Kevin Kline
Donald Woods
Denzel Washington
Steve Biko
Penelope Wilton
Wendy Woods
Kate Hardie
Jane Woods
John Matshikiza
Mapetla
Zakes Mokae
Father Kani
John Thaw
Kruger
Kevin McNally
Ken
John Hargreaves
Bruce
Juanita Waterman
Ntsiki Biko
Julian Glover
Don Card
Josette Simon
Dr Ramphele
Timothy West
Capt. De Wet
Miles Anderson
Lemick
Ian Richardson
State Prosecutor
Andrew McCulloch
Policeman Nel
Gerald Sim
Police Doctor
Gary Whelan
Guard
Glen Murphy
Guard
Peter Cartwright
Police Sergeant
Badi Uzzaman
Mortician
Gwyneth Powell
Girl at Funeral
Philip Bretherton
Major Boshoff
Alec McCowen
Acting High Comissioner
Joseph Marcell
Moses
Judy Cornwell
Receptionist
John Paul
Wendy's Father
Gwen Watford
Wendy's Mother
William Marlowe
Police Sergeant
Paul Jerricho
Sergeant Louw
Nick Tate
Pilot
Andrew Whaley
Sub-Editor
Shelley Borkum
Woods' Receptionist
Albert Ndinda
Alec
Evelyn Sithole
Nurse at Clinic
Xoliswa Sithole
Nurse at Clinic
James Coine
Young Boy
Wabei Siyolwe
Tenjy
Tony Vogel
2nd Roadblock Policeman
Michael Graham Cox
3rd Passport Control Officer
Hepburn Graham
Soga
Graeme Taylor
Dillon Woods
Sophie Mgcina
Evalina
Jim Findley
Peter Jones
Garrick Hagon
McElrea
Adam Stuart Walker
Duncan Woods
Hamish Stuart Walker
Gavin Woods
Spring Stuart Walker
Meg Woods
Patricia Gumede
Shebeen Queen
Angela Gavaza
Shebeen Queen's Niece
Nocebo Mlambo
Aunt
Walter Matemavi
Nephew
Clement Muchachi
Father
Ruth Chinamando
Mother
Basil Chidyamathamba
Brother-in-Law
Marcy Mushore
Niece
Alton Kumalo
Speaker
Lawrence Simbarashe
Informer
Carl Chase
Policeman
William Morgan Sheppard
Policeman (as Morgan Sheppard)
Tichatonga Mazhindu
Dilima
Neil McPherson
Lemick's Assistant
Claude Maredza
1st Rugby Player
Carlton Chance
2nd Rugby Player
Russell Keith Grant
2nd Security Guard
Munyaradzi Kanaventi
Samora Biko
George Lovell
Nkosinathi Biko
Graham Fletcher-Cook
Nel's Partner
Karen Drury
Young Secretary
Niven Boyd
1st Roadblock Policeman
Christopher Hurst
3rd Roadblock Policeman
Dudley Dickin
Nationalist Party Delegate
David Trevena
Mortician
Robert Phillips
Speaker at Funeral
Fishoo Tembo
Biko's Brother
Peggy Marsh
Helen Suzman
Gwyneth Strong
Girl at Funeral
Paul Herzberg
Beukes
Robert MacNamara
Security Policeman
Hans Sittig
Security Policeman
Kimpton Mativenga
Black Security Policeman
David Henry
Afrikaner Farmer
Michael Turner
Judge Boshoff
Mawa Makondo
Jason
Kalie Hanekom
Magistrate Prins
Star Ncube
1st Prisoner
David Guwaza
2nd Prisoner
Tommy Buson
Tami
Hilary Minster
1st Passport Control Officer
James Aubrey
2nd Passport Control Officer
Peter Cary
White Frontier Policeman
Dominic Kanaventi
Black Frontier Policeman
Sam Mathambo
Lesotho Passport Officer
Walter Muparutsa
Lesotho Businessman
Louis Mahoney
Lesotho Goverment Official
John Hartley
4th Passport Control Officer
Simon Shumba
Young Lesotho Official
Marilyn Poole
Acting High Commissioner's Wife
Crew
Richard Attenborough
Director, Producer
John Briley
Screenplay, Co-Producer
Donald Woods
Novel
Lesley Walker
Editor
Ronnie Taylor
Director of Photography
David Tomblin
First Assistant Director
Stephen Chigorimbo
Assistant Director
Terence A. Clegg
Executive Producer
Norman Spencer
Co-Producer
Stuart Craig
Production Design
Susie Figgis
Casting
John Mollo
Costume Design
Vera Mitchell
Hairstylist
Paula Gillespie
Hairstylist
Beryl Lerman
Makeup Artist
Wally Schneiderman
Makeup Supervisor
Norman Dorme
Supervising Art Director
George Richardson
Supervising Art Director
Gavin Bocquet
Assistant Art Director
Simon Kaye
Sound
Gerry Humphreys
Sound
Jonathan Bates
Sound
David Harris
Special Effects Supervisor
Martin Gant
Special Effects
Gift Nyamandi
Special Effects
Paul Knowles
Special Effects
Alan Poole
Special Effects
Jonas Gwangwa
Original Music Composer
George Fenton
Original Music Composer
Brian Mann
Dialogue Editor
Michael Crouch
Dialogue Editor
Michael Seirton
Set Decoration
Gerry Levy
Production Manager
Allan James
Production Manager
Diana Hawkins
Publicist
John King
Art Direction
