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CRY FREEDOM

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BASED ON 'BIKO' AND 'ASKING FOR TROUBLE'
BY DONALD WOODS

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What is it?
What is it?

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No!

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This is the English-language
service of Radio South Africa.

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Here is the news,
read by Magnus Randall.

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Police raided Crossroads, the illegal
township near Cape Town this morning,

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after warning the squatters to vacate
the area in the interests of public health.

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Several people were found
without work permits,

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and many are being sent back
to their respective homelands.

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There was no resistance to
the raid and many illegals

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voluntarily presented
themselves to the police.

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- I think you ought to have a look at him.
- Give me his chart.

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Were you listening
to the radio?

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If they'd caught him,
we'd have heard.

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If the police had got Steve, especially with
the posters in the car and everything,...

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...you don't think that...?
Is that mine, Sister?

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You don't think that'd
be the first news item?

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No, because if the people
know they have him,

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then they have to be more careful
about how they treat him.

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- They think he's here.
- I must get back.

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Let's have some coffee.

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If the police in Cape Town had taken him,
that lot would be the first to know.

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I think he's hiding.

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He was with Peter Jones,
and Peter has no pass problem.

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If Steve was arrested,
Peter would have phoned me.

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Pass the milk.

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Finished, Mr. Woods?

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Yes, thanks.

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- How'd you get these?
- Ah, we have ways.

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- Do we dare to print them?
- For these I'll risk it.

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- Yes, sir?
- Would you ask Tony to come in?

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- I'll even give you a by-line.
- You're a prince.

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They put me away, yours'll be the first
name on my lips. What about Mr. Biko?

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Shall I use his name in the story?
His picture was everywhere.

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- Think there was a meeting?
- There must have been one recently.

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Biko couldn't have been
there of course, but,

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one of his people, mouthing off
about black consciousness,...

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- ... that I'd say was almost a certainty.
- Uh, I've rejigged it just a bit.

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No, leave him out of it.
I want the police blamed for that raid.

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- I'll take care of Biko in an editorial.
- Yeah, yeah. Ok.

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One bunch of lunatics saying
white supremacy justifies anything,

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all we need is some black nutcase saying
black supremacy's going to save the world.

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I would like to know who's
responsible for this.

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- May I ask who you are?
- Doctor Ramphele.

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Doctor Ramphele.

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I'll leave you.

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I've read this paper long enough to
know you're not one of the worst,

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so, it's all the more baffling,

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that you would try to pass this
vicious fiction off as reasoned fact.

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- Ah, well, Doctor...
- Ramphele.

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Ramphele.

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I've stuck my neck out on this paper to
take a stand against white prejudice.

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But if you think that
means I'll go soft,

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on some sensationalist
pushing black prejudice,

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well, you've brought your
complaint to the wrong man.

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Black prejudice?

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That's not what
Steve's about at all.

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Your Mr. Biko is building a wall of
black hatred in South Africa,...

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...and I will fight him as
long as I sit in this chair.

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What you do in that chair
is put words in his mouth.

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And you know he can't answer
because he's banned.

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- I believe I know what Mr. Biko is about.
- Well, you believe wrong!

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And he can't come to you.

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If you were the honest newsman you
claim to be, you ought to go and see him.

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Look...

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Where are you from?

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From South Africa.

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But I was one of two,

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to be granted a scholarship
to Natal Medical School.

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I'm a...

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...a token of your white
paternalistic concern,

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for the natives of this land.

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Well, I'm glad we didn't
waste our money.

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I know you're not a fool,
Mr. Woods...

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But you are uninformed.

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Steve Biko is one of the few people
who can still save South Africa.

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He's in King William's
Town right now.

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That's his banning area.

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- Good morning.
- Good morning.

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LEOPOLD STREET,
KING WILLIAM'S TOWN

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- Mr. Donald Woods?
- Yes, I'm Donald Woods.

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I'm Steve's wife. Please, come in.
He's expecting you.

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Thank you.

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But we're glad
you could come.

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Father Russell got this for us.

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You see, we're trying to make
a kind of community centre,

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where black people can meet,
maybe have classes.

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- The new dyes have arrived at last.
- Good, tell Tsinki.

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- This way.
- Who's this one?

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Oh, he's just a little
rascal like his father,

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and even more trouble.

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You'll find him out there.

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Steve Biko?

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- Are you Steve Biko?
- I am.

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I would have met you
in the church, but,

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as you know, I can only be
with one person at a time.

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You see, if a third person comes
into the room, even to bring coffee,

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that breaks the ban.

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And the system, the police,
are just across the road.

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But, of course, you would
approve of my banning.

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No, I think your ideas are dangerous,
but, no, I don't approve of banning.

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A true liberal.

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It's not a title
I'm ashamed of,

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though I know you regard
it with some contempt.

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I just think that
a white liberal,...

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...who clings to all the advantages
of his white world; jobs,

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housing, education...
Mercedes...

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...is perhaps not best qualified to tell
blacks how they should react to apartheid.

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I wonder what sort of liberal
you'd make, Mr. Biko,

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if you were the one who had the job,
the house and the Mercedes,

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and the whites
lived in townships.

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It's a charming idea.

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It was good of you
to come, Mr. Woods.

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I've wanted to meet
you for a long time.

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They follow you everywhere?

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They think they do.

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- So this is it?
- Yes, this is it.

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A clinic for black people,

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staffed by black people,
run by a black doctor.

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Was this her idea or yours?

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Come on,
let me show you around.

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It was a collective idea,
but we were lucky to have her.

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And a white liberal doctor doing the same
thing wouldn't serve your purpose?

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When I was a student, trying to qualify
for the jobs you people will let us have,...

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...I suddenly realised it wasn't
just good jobs that were white.

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The only history we read was made by
the white man, written by the white man.

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Televisions, cars, medicines,
all invented by the white man.

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Even football.
Now, in a world like that,

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it's not hard to believe there's something
inferior about being born black.

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We grow most of our own food here,
for the patients and some of the staff.

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- And the church?
- Oh, that was here long before us.

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But I began to think
this idea of inferiority

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was an even bigger problem for us than
what the Afrikaners were doing to us.

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That the black man had to believe he
had as much capacity to be a doctor,

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a leader, as a white man.
So we tried to set this place up.

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My own mistake was to put some
of those ideas down on paper.

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And the government banned you.

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And the fighting liberal editor
started attacking me.

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I attacked you
for being racist.

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- How old are you, Mr. Woods?
- 41, if that makes any difference.

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Ah.

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A white South African,
41 years old, a newspaper man.

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Have you ever spent any
time in a black township?

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- I've been to many...
- No, don't be embarrassed.

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Except for the police, I don't think
one white South African in 10,000 has.

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You see,
we know how you live.

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We cut your lawns, we cook
your food, clean your rubbish.

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How would you like
to see how we live?

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The 90% of your countrymen who have to
get off your streets at 6 o'clock at night?

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- Jane!
- Yes, Mum?

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- Put the strawberries in the fridge.
- Ok, then I'll come down.

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All right, dear.

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What time did you get back?
I'd given up on you.

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Half an hour ago.
I've already had a swim.

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Mummy, Mummy,
look what Alice gave me!

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Oh, isn't that nice?
And what did you give her?

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- Nothing.
- You terrible girl.

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- Well?
- You were right.

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What was he like?

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- They've built a damn clinic up there.
- Dillon!

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She's the doctor. You should see it.
People come from miles.

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How did they raise the money?

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Some local money from the community,
a lot of church money from overseas,

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and even the
mining companies.

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South African
mining companies?

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Yes. Apparently, someone important heard
him make a speech that impressed him.

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- Thanks, Evalina.
- He is impressive.

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Master?

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He hasn't talked you
into black consciousness?

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No. But I have agreed to let him take me
to a black township. He'll educate me.

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He's banned. How could
he take you anywhere?

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I'm not sure.

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- You really think this is worth the risk?
- The education of a white liberal?

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If you get caught out of
your banning area, well...

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All he might have to do is write
a letter to his board of directors.

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I don't want them
to get you in a jail.

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You tell David he promised
to finish that table today.

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- I won't get caught.
- He gets no tea till he does.

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I need some money
from the cash box.

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No, you won't get caught, if some
paid informer doesn't run to the police.

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It's in the drawer.
It's open.

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We'll make a working man
of you yet, Steve Biko.

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How do you want to do this?

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Ask Thabo to come over.
I'll turn on the desk light.

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Mapetla will occupy the
system for a few minutes,

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I'll slip out,
Thabo will sit in my seat.

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I'm glad I wasn't
your mother.

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Now look, look, I was born
in a tribal homeland.

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Transkei,
my dad had a store there.

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I'm not half as uncomfortable
as you think.

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As a liberal, if you had your way, you'd
be riding buses and taxis, just like us.

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You tell me my days of white privilege are
numbered, so I'll enjoy them while I can.

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Run, son, run.

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It's a miracle a child
survives here at all.

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Most of the women who have work
permits are domestic maids,...

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...so they only get to see their kids
for a couple of hours on Sundays.

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The place is full of drunks,
thuggery,...

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...people so desperate for anything they'll
beat a kid bloody if he had five rand.

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Was that kid you,
a few years ago?

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Yeah.
Maybe more scared.

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But if you do run
fast enough,...

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...if you do survive, you grow up
in these streets, these houses.

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Your parents try,
but in the end,

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you only get the education
the white man will give you.

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Then you go to the city
to work, or to shop,...

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...and you see their streets,
their cars, their houses,

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and you begin to feel there is something
not quite right about yourself,...

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...about your humanity.

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Something to do
with your blackness.

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Because no matter how dumb or smart
a white child is, he's born into that world.

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But you, the black child?

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Smart or dumb,
you're born into this.

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And smart or dumb,
you'll die in it.

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I thought that most shebeen
queens were informers.

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Yeah, they are. If they weren't, the police
would close down this place just like that.

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But you see, it's only some things they
inform on. Others, they don't bother.

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Anyway, we're ok here.
This one's wild about Steve.

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You see, he has that
way with women.

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He's very articulate.
Where did he get his education?

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He's never been inarticulate,...

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...but his father died, and when he was
17 he was taken into a mission school.

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You know,...

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...most of these guys, they're living
in a bed out there on their own.

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No work permit,
no residence permit.

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A man and wife who can't find
work in the same white town,

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are not allowed to live together
in the same black township.

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You split up black families,...

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...so that for thousands
of husbands and wives,

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00:27:07,117 --> 00:27:10,237
if they see each other
once a year, they're lucky.

231
00:27:10,371 --> 00:27:14,831
You keep saying "you". You're talking
about the Afrikaner government.

232
00:27:14,958 --> 00:27:17,959
Don't blame all the
whites for apartheid.

233
00:27:24,009 --> 00:27:26,796
How many live-in maids
do you have, Mr. Woods?

234
00:27:27,512 --> 00:27:29,885
- One, but she doesn't...
- Don't pick on him.

235
00:27:30,015 --> 00:27:33,598
He's here to have a good time.
Come on, drink up. Cheers.

236
00:27:40,650 --> 00:27:45,526
Look, I'm not defending what's been done,
but he's the one who's against liberals.

237
00:27:45,655 --> 00:27:47,814
We're trying to move
towards integration.

238
00:27:47,949 --> 00:27:51,116
Of course. You want to give
us a slightly better education,

239
00:27:51,244 --> 00:27:54,245
so that we can get
slightly better jobs.

240
00:27:54,372 --> 00:27:58,286
- At first maybe, but...
- I won't be forced into your society.

241
00:27:58,418 --> 00:28:03,495
I'm going to be me as I am, and you
can beat me, or jail me, or even kill me,...

242
00:28:03,631 --> 00:28:06,751
...but I am not going to be
what you want me to be.

243
00:28:07,176 --> 00:28:11,506
The best you want for us is to
be allowed to sit at your table,...

244
00:28:11,639 --> 00:28:17,475
using your silver and your china,
and if we can learn to use it like you do,

245
00:28:17,603 --> 00:28:20,094
then you will
kindly let us stay.

246
00:28:20,773 --> 00:28:23,691
We want to wipe the
whole table clean.

247
00:28:24,068 --> 00:28:29,145
It's an African table,
and we will sit at it in our own right.

248
00:28:29,532 --> 00:28:31,860
You must remember,

249
00:28:31,916 --> 00:28:36,598
before you arrived we
had our own culture.

250
00:28:36,622 --> 00:28:40,121
We had many villages, small.

251
00:28:41,293 --> 00:28:43,867
You know our language,
Mr. Woods.

252
00:28:44,004 --> 00:28:49,247
The word we use for nephew
is "my brother's son".

253
00:28:49,677 --> 00:28:54,429
Tenjy calls my wife,
not aunt,

254
00:28:54,465 --> 00:28:57,197
but "mother's sister".

255
00:28:57,232 --> 00:29:01,513
We've no separate words
for members of the family.

256
00:29:02,231 --> 00:29:07,058
All begin with
"brother" and "sister".

257
00:29:07,694 --> 00:29:09,983
We took care of each other.

258
00:29:10,697 --> 00:29:15,324
We got a lot of things right,
which your society never solved.

259
00:29:15,619 --> 00:29:19,319
You did have tribal wars
in this land of yours.

260
00:29:19,497 --> 00:29:22,949
Well, what do you call
World War I and World War II?

261
00:29:24,544 --> 00:29:29,621
You use words very cleverly, but there's
something about it that scares me.

262
00:29:29,758 --> 00:29:33,209
Of course there is, because in your
world anything white is normal.

263
00:29:33,344 --> 00:29:35,503
The way the world
is supposed to be.

264
00:29:35,638 --> 00:29:37,382
And your real genius,

265
00:29:37,515 --> 00:29:41,264
is that for years you've managed
to convince most of us of that too.

266
00:29:56,367 --> 00:29:58,573
Could you ask Tony to come in?

267
00:30:08,004 --> 00:30:11,622
Ken, this is Tenjy Mtinsto
and Mapetla Mohapi.

268
00:30:12,258 --> 00:30:14,334
They're from King William's Town.

269
00:30:14,468 --> 00:30:16,757
- Yes, sir?
- Could you come in?

270
00:30:16,887 --> 00:30:21,181
I'm glad to say that yesterday the board
approved their appointments to the staff.

271
00:30:21,308 --> 00:30:23,265
Brief them on our copy rules.

272
00:30:23,394 --> 00:30:26,763
- Can you take them upstairs to see Bob?
- Will you come this way?

273
00:30:26,897 --> 00:30:29,768
Tell him to give them their
assignments for tomorrow.

274
00:30:29,900 --> 00:30:32,272
I want you to teach them
how to use our cameras.

275
00:30:32,403 --> 00:30:36,649
I... where...
where are they going to work?

276
00:30:36,782 --> 00:30:38,656
In the newsroom.

277
00:30:40,827 --> 00:30:43,864
Does this Biko practise
black magic as well?

278
00:30:45,082 --> 00:30:48,248
I'm not sure, but I think
this is worth a try.

279
00:30:48,377 --> 00:30:51,959
They'll cover the real black news.
Things we've never reported.

280
00:30:52,089 --> 00:30:54,414
It's not illegal,
and it'll bring new readers.

281
00:30:54,549 --> 00:30:56,838
The white readership
will be delighted.

282
00:30:56,968 --> 00:31:01,180
And when they start ranting on
about black consciousness... Shit!

283
00:31:01,723 --> 00:31:06,634
Yeah. Just remember my blue pencil
still determines what goes in this paper.

284
00:31:07,103 --> 00:31:10,389
Yes, of course it does.
Yes, boss.

285
00:31:11,232 --> 00:31:13,770
- Ken.
- Yeah?

286
00:31:14,569 --> 00:31:16,858
You like football, don't you?

287
00:31:18,114 --> 00:31:21,863
And sure...
sure as hell,...

288
00:31:22,493 --> 00:31:25,993
...he's paying people to stir
up trouble between us.

289
00:31:27,457 --> 00:31:31,834
Because when we fight
amongst ourselves, he can say;

290
00:31:31,961 --> 00:31:35,793
"See? They aren't fit
to run their own lives!"

291
00:31:36,799 --> 00:31:41,305
Then he can go on
telling us where to live,

292
00:31:41,342 --> 00:31:43,836
and how to live.

293
00:31:43,871 --> 00:31:46,504
He can pay us nothing,

294
00:31:46,613 --> 00:31:52,039
and pass his laws without
listening to one word we say.

295
00:31:52,898 --> 00:31:56,628
And, remember,
they killed

296
00:31:56,654 --> 00:32:01,541
over 400 black
students last year.

297
00:32:05,119 --> 00:32:07,783
We've got to
stick together.

298
00:32:08,372 --> 00:32:12,072
As one people, we have to
make the white man know

299
00:32:12,209 --> 00:32:17,334
that his free ride on the
back of black labour

300
00:32:17,464 --> 00:32:20,418
is over, finished.

301
00:32:27,474 --> 00:32:32,765
Now... now we've got
a surprise for you.

302
00:32:34,314 --> 00:32:37,522
He's a little modest...

303
00:32:37,648 --> 00:32:41,689
...but you listen to
what he has to say.

304
00:32:42,197 --> 00:32:44,273
Listen, people.

305
00:32:57,545 --> 00:33:01,246
This is the biggest illegal
gathering I've ever seen.

306
00:33:04,344 --> 00:33:08,922
I heard what the last speaker
had to say... and I agree.

307
00:33:09,974 --> 00:33:12,430
We are going to
change South Africa.

308
00:33:20,818 --> 00:33:24,898
All we've got to decide is
the best way to do that.

309
00:33:25,448 --> 00:33:28,698
And as angry as we
have the right to be,...

310
00:33:28,826 --> 00:33:31,424
...let us remember...

311
00:33:31,735 --> 00:33:36,718
that we are in this
struggle to kill the idea...

312
00:33:36,792 --> 00:33:40,576
...that one kind of man is
superior to another kind of man.

313
00:33:42,006 --> 00:33:47,629
And killing that idea is not
dependent on the white man.

314
00:33:47,761 --> 00:33:51,177
We must stop looking to
him to give us something.

315
00:33:52,349 --> 00:33:56,347
We have to fill the black community
with our own pride.

316
00:33:57,729 --> 00:34:00,896
We have to teach our
children black history,...

317
00:34:01,733 --> 00:34:06,755
...tell them about our black heroes,
our black culture,...

318
00:34:07,531 --> 00:34:11,778
...so they don't face the white
man believing they are inferior.

319
00:34:14,538 --> 00:34:19,164
Then... we'll stand up to him
any way he chooses.

320
00:34:20,460 --> 00:34:26,032
Conflict if he likes,
but with an open hand too,...

321
00:34:27,717 --> 00:34:32,462
...to say that we can all build
a South Africa worth living in.

322
00:34:34,557 --> 00:34:38,721
A South Africa for equals...
black or white.

323
00:34:41,314 --> 00:34:46,023
A South Africa as beautiful
as this land is,...

324
00:34:48,821 --> 00:34:51,028
...as beautiful as we are.

325
00:35:06,088 --> 00:35:08,295
That's the one who
made the speech.

326
00:35:15,139 --> 00:35:17,178
Sit down.

327
00:35:22,563 --> 00:35:25,480
You know I don't advocate
violence, De Wet,...

328
00:35:26,525 --> 00:35:30,439
...but don't make the mistake of
treating me without respect.

329
00:35:35,617 --> 00:35:38,239
Don't tell me
what to do, Kaffir.

330
00:35:39,413 --> 00:35:43,245
Out of your banning area?
Talking to a crowd?

331
00:35:44,251 --> 00:35:47,121
You won't be a witness
at that trial.

332
00:35:47,254 --> 00:35:50,788
You'll be up there on the
stand with your friends.

333
00:35:50,924 --> 00:35:53,130
Inciting racial hatred.

334
00:35:56,096 --> 00:36:00,923
On whose words?
Hm? What's his name?

335
00:36:01,643 --> 00:36:05,427
Captain De Wet, you are not going
to send me to a Pretoria court...

336
00:36:05,563 --> 00:36:09,561
...on the evidence of a paid informer
in a cardboard box, are you?

337
00:36:09,859 --> 00:36:14,936
Everyone knows those kind would say
whatever you wanted them to say.

338
00:36:17,450 --> 00:36:22,527
You're a bit of poison, Biko, and
I'm going to see you're put away.

339
00:36:24,540 --> 00:36:27,114
Not on that kind of testimony,
you won't.

340
00:36:39,555 --> 00:36:40,718
Don't.

341
00:37:04,872 --> 00:37:06,496
No, men.

342
00:37:06,623 --> 00:37:09,624
He has to appear as a
witness for the defence.

343
00:37:12,629 --> 00:37:16,544
We don't want it to look like
anything happened to him.

344
00:37:16,675 --> 00:37:19,592
You're lucky, Biko.
Lucky.

345
00:37:20,679 --> 00:37:23,964
I just expect to be treated
like you expect to be treated.

346
00:37:24,099 --> 00:37:25,890
You and your
big-headed ideas.

347
00:37:26,017 --> 00:37:28,805
If you're afraid of ideas,
you'd better quit now.

348
00:37:28,937 --> 00:37:31,095
We'll never quit.

349
00:37:31,731 --> 00:37:35,100
Come on!
What are you so afraid of?

350
00:37:35,610 --> 00:37:38,730
Once you try, you'll see
there's nothing to fear.

351
00:37:39,489 --> 00:37:42,525
We're just as weak
and human as you are.

352
00:37:47,455 --> 00:37:50,673
We're going to catch
you red-handed one day,

353
00:37:50,936 --> 00:37:54,191
then we'll see how
human you are.

354
00:37:56,005 --> 00:37:57,464
I quote:

355
00:37:57,590 --> 00:38:03,463
"I believe South Africa's a country in which
black and white should live together. "

356
00:38:03,596 --> 00:38:07,297
Those are your words.
What does it mean?

357
00:38:07,433 --> 00:38:11,016
It means that I, and those
gentlemen in the dock,...

358
00:38:12,021 --> 00:38:15,141
...believe that South Africa
is a plural society,...

359
00:38:15,274 --> 00:38:19,189
...with contributions to be made by
all segments of the community.

360
00:38:20,363 --> 00:38:22,402
Mm-hm.

361
00:38:22,823 --> 00:38:25,575
Are you familiar with the
language in the documents

362
00:38:25,701 --> 00:38:28,868
the accused have discussed
with black groups?

363
00:38:29,455 --> 00:38:34,197
- Yes, since some of those documents
were drawn up by me. - The one;

364
00:38:34,456 --> 00:38:39,969
"Noting with concern and disgust the
naked terrorism of the government"?

365
00:38:40,424 --> 00:38:44,089
- That is correct.
- You say "naked terrorism".

366
00:38:44,720 --> 00:38:47,472
Do you honestly think
that is a valid statement?

367
00:38:48,223 --> 00:38:53,514
I think it is a far more valid statement
than the charges against these men here.

368
00:38:57,107 --> 00:39:02,314
- Really? - Yes, really.
I'm not talking about words.

369
00:39:02,446 --> 00:39:05,161
I'm talking about
the violence in which,

370
00:39:05,254 --> 00:39:08,581
people are baton-charged
by police, beaten up.

371
00:39:09,077 --> 00:39:12,280
I'm talking about police
firing on unarmed people.

372
00:39:12,414 --> 00:39:15,996
I'm talking about the indirect violence
you get through starvation.

373
00:39:16,126 --> 00:39:20,254
I'm talking about the hopelessness,
the desolation of the transit camps.

374
00:39:20,380 --> 00:39:23,009
Now, I think that,
all put together,

375
00:39:23,044 --> 00:39:27,543
that constitutes more terrorism than
the words these men have spoken here.

376
00:39:27,720 --> 00:39:30,046
But they stand charged,...

377
00:39:30,181 --> 00:39:32,637
...and white society
is not charged.

378
00:39:34,727 --> 00:39:38,511
When you and others in
black consciousness speak,

379
00:39:38,834 --> 00:39:40,740
you say;

380
00:39:40,836 --> 00:39:45,456
"Our true leaders have been banned
and imprisoned on Robben Island. "

381
00:39:46,072 --> 00:39:48,563
Who are you referring
to specifically?

382
00:39:49,534 --> 00:39:54,326
I specifically would refer to
people like Mandela, Sobukive,

383
00:39:54,455 --> 00:39:56,329
to people like Govan Mbeki.

384
00:39:56,457 --> 00:40:00,158
And is it not true that the common
factor with these people,

385
00:40:00,294 --> 00:40:03,995
is that they have advocated
violence against the government?

386
00:40:04,131 --> 00:40:06,738
The common factor
with these people

387
00:40:06,786 --> 00:40:11,626
is that they have selflessly pushed
forward the struggle of the black man.

388
00:40:12,681 --> 00:40:17,723
So, your answer to this so-called
"naked terrorism"...

389
00:40:17,853 --> 00:40:21,602
...is to provoke violence
in the black community?

390
00:40:21,982 --> 00:40:24,141
No, our movement
seeks to avoid violence.

391
00:40:24,276 --> 00:40:27,692
But your own words call
for direct confrontation!

392
00:40:28,280 --> 00:40:30,771
That's right.
We demand confrontation.

393
00:40:30,908 --> 00:40:33,399
Isn't that a demand
for violence?

394
00:40:33,535 --> 00:40:37,118
Well, you and I are now
in confrontation, but I see no violence.

395
00:40:40,709 --> 00:40:43,496
But nowhere in
these documents...

396
00:40:43,628 --> 00:40:47,543
...do you say that the white
government is doing anything good.

397
00:40:47,674 --> 00:40:51,375
It does so little good, my lord,
that it is not worth commenting on.

398
00:41:00,854 --> 00:41:03,965
But, surely that approach...

399
00:41:04,003 --> 00:41:07,749
...inflames racial hatred
and anti-whiteism?

400
00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:14,609
My lord, blacks are not unaware
of the hardships they endure,...

401
00:41:14,742 --> 00:41:17,577
...or what the government
is doing to them.

402
00:41:19,664 --> 00:41:24,305
We want them to stop
accepting these hardships...

403
00:41:24,674 --> 00:41:26,885
...to confront them.

404
00:41:27,672 --> 00:41:31,290
People must not just give
in to the hardships of life.

405
00:41:31,425 --> 00:41:35,044
They must find a way,
even in this environment, to...

406
00:41:36,180 --> 00:41:39,015
...to develop hope.

407
00:41:40,017 --> 00:41:42,425
Hope for themselves,...

408
00:41:45,397 --> 00:41:47,639
...hope for this country.

409
00:41:50,069 --> 00:41:54,018
Now, I think that is what black
consciousness is all about.

410
00:41:54,156 --> 00:41:57,323
Now, without any reference
to the white man,...

411
00:41:58,118 --> 00:42:03,426
...to try and build up
a sense of our own...

412
00:42:05,273 --> 00:42:07,193
...humanity,...

413
00:42:07,228 --> 00:42:10,570
...our legitimate
place in the world.

414
00:42:59,429 --> 00:43:02,264
Rip the telephone out.

415
00:43:10,356 --> 00:43:13,108
Go and help them finish off.

416
00:43:13,568 --> 00:43:16,403
This will show the bastards.

417
00:43:16,946 --> 00:43:18,985
Lord, it's warm.

418
00:43:24,286 --> 00:43:26,196
Donald, go to Kruger.

419
00:43:26,330 --> 00:43:29,699
He says he'll fight police illegality.
We'll take him up on it.

420
00:43:29,833 --> 00:43:32,669
Kruger? He'd probably
give them a medal.

421
00:43:33,170 --> 00:43:37,749
Mamphela, whatever his prejudices, he
won't condone this sort of thing publicly.

422
00:43:37,883 --> 00:43:42,628
Oh, won't he? I'll bet you
he'll find an excuse for it.

423
00:43:42,763 --> 00:43:45,550
You're positive it was
Captain De Wet?

424
00:43:45,682 --> 00:43:49,105
- You're positive it was Captain
De Wet? - Yes, I am.

425
00:43:49,394 --> 00:43:50,557
Where's Steve?

426
00:43:50,687 --> 00:43:53,641
He went to the clinic to draw
off the security police.

427
00:43:53,774 --> 00:43:57,439
He didn't want anyone
seeing Dilima talking to you.

428
00:43:59,696 --> 00:44:02,068
Donald, fly to Pretoria.

429
00:44:02,199 --> 00:44:04,903
The local police will only
laugh at you here.

430
00:44:34,147 --> 00:44:36,982
Ah, Mr. Woods.
You found your way.

431
00:44:37,442 --> 00:44:39,481
Good morning, sir.

432
00:44:39,986 --> 00:44:43,936
The minister of police, and I walk right
into your grounds, not a soul in sight.

433
00:44:44,073 --> 00:44:47,323
Uh, perhaps not in sight,
but if you weren't expected...

434
00:44:47,451 --> 00:44:51,496
Come in, come in. I'm just
having a drink. Will you join me?

435
00:44:51,622 --> 00:44:55,702
- Yes, thank you. What are you having?
- I'm on a whisky myself.

436
00:44:55,835 --> 00:44:59,417
That'll be fine. I want to thank you
for seeing me at the weekend.

437
00:44:59,547 --> 00:45:01,705
Ach, it's nothing, man.

438
00:45:01,841 --> 00:45:04,379
I always like to help
the press if I can.

439
00:45:05,010 --> 00:45:08,214
Now, what is it you wanted
to see me about? Cheers.

440
00:45:08,347 --> 00:45:10,553
Cheers.

441
00:45:10,683 --> 00:45:12,806
Sit down.

442
00:45:12,935 --> 00:45:17,229
Thank you. It's a matter
concerning Steve Biko.

443
00:45:17,731 --> 00:45:23,437
Biko? My God, man,
I know all about Steve Biko.

444
00:45:24,071 --> 00:45:27,072
Minister, I don't understand
why he's banned.

445
00:45:27,991 --> 00:45:30,826
You need a black
leader you can talk to.

446
00:45:32,162 --> 00:45:37,204
Look... I don't need to tell you this
country has a special kind of problem.

447
00:45:37,709 --> 00:45:42,501
Shit, man, do you think I like banning
and detaining people without trial?

448
00:45:42,631 --> 00:45:45,797
I'm a lawyer.
It goes against the grain.

449
00:45:47,886 --> 00:45:52,382
Come. Come, I want to show
you something, Mr. Woods.

450
00:45:53,475 --> 00:45:56,926
We Afrikaners
came here in 1652.

451
00:45:57,771 --> 00:46:01,471
200 years before there was
any such thing as a camera.

452
00:46:01,608 --> 00:46:05,819
And yet look at this.
The trek across the wilderness.

453
00:46:06,613 --> 00:46:08,652
The homesteading.

454
00:46:09,407 --> 00:46:14,911
The concentration camps the English
put our families in during the Boer War.

455
00:46:15,038 --> 00:46:17,410
The working of the land.

456
00:46:18,958 --> 00:46:20,618
The building of the cities.

457
00:46:20,752 --> 00:46:24,832
And any Afrikaner family could
show you the same thing.

458
00:46:24,964 --> 00:46:28,629
We didn't colonise this country,
Mr. Woods, we built it.

459
00:46:30,386 --> 00:46:34,218
Grandfather Johannes,
a formidable drinker.

460
00:46:35,599 --> 00:46:38,553
Do you think we're
going to give that all up?

461
00:46:38,686 --> 00:46:41,307
That's what Mr. Biko wants.

462
00:46:41,439 --> 00:46:45,051
This is a black country, he says.
God...

463
00:46:45,086 --> 00:46:47,061
...what's here was
built as much by

464
00:46:47,275 --> 00:46:50,271
Afrikaner blood and
toil as by the blacks,...

465
00:46:51,365 --> 00:46:53,856
...who came to us
for work, remember.

466
00:46:53,993 --> 00:46:56,566
We didn't force
anyone to labour.

467
00:46:56,704 --> 00:47:01,164
They had very little alternative,
since you'd taken over most of the land.

468
00:47:01,291 --> 00:47:05,621
Wouldn't you say their cheap labour had
an effect on the success of our economy?

469
00:47:05,754 --> 00:47:10,831
I know what you're saying. Don't think
I don't understand their argument. I do.

470
00:47:12,803 --> 00:47:16,136
We know there has to be a way to
work together and live together,

471
00:47:16,264 --> 00:47:20,891
and we're trying to find one. Maybe
a little too slow to suit some of them.

472
00:47:21,019 --> 00:47:26,808
But it's no use your Mr. Biko filling
them with false expectations.

473
00:47:26,942 --> 00:47:30,476
We're not just going to roll
over and give all this away.

474
00:47:32,656 --> 00:47:36,860
Listen, trust me.
Let's sit in the shade.

475
00:47:37,202 --> 00:47:41,688
I know a lot more about Mr. Biko
than you do, Mr. Woods.

476
00:47:41,723 --> 00:47:43,746
Is that what you wanted
to see me about?

477
00:47:43,875 --> 00:47:47,707
- Well, no. Actually, it's...
- But if that's your recommendation,...

478
00:47:47,837 --> 00:47:51,586
...if you think it's worth it,
I'll certainly consider meeting him.

479
00:47:51,716 --> 00:47:55,844
- How's your drink?
- I'm fine. I really think you should.

480
00:47:55,970 --> 00:48:00,846
I know you'll find him more moderate
and more intelligent than you believe.

481
00:48:01,601 --> 00:48:06,428
But what I've come about is an incident
that occurred at a community centre,

482
00:48:06,564 --> 00:48:09,269
Biko was trying
to put together.

483
00:48:09,400 --> 00:48:11,808
The place was smashed
up the other night.

484
00:48:11,944 --> 00:48:15,527
Yes, I know about that.
My police are investigating it.

485
00:48:15,656 --> 00:48:17,981
Your police are the
ones who did it.

486
00:48:20,786 --> 00:48:22,826
What makes you say that?

487
00:48:24,748 --> 00:48:27,999
An eyewitness saw
a security-police captain,

488
00:48:28,127 --> 00:48:30,962
and some of his men
smashing the place up.

489
00:48:31,755 --> 00:48:33,878
Will he testify?

490
00:48:35,759 --> 00:48:37,503
He's afraid to.

491
00:48:38,303 --> 00:48:43,345
But I felt it would be more effective
if you took some action internally.

492
00:48:43,475 --> 00:48:47,259
You've always stated you were
against any illegality by your officers.

493
00:48:47,396 --> 00:48:49,554
My God, I am.

494
00:48:51,024 --> 00:48:53,811
I appreciate your attitude,
Mr. Woods.

495
00:48:54,319 --> 00:48:57,522
I assure you this is
something I'll pursue.

496
00:48:57,656 --> 00:48:59,945
I want no thugs in
my department.

497
00:49:03,161 --> 00:49:04,905
Don't be surprised.

498
00:49:05,038 --> 00:49:09,783
Ach, we're not really the monsters
we're sometimes made out to be.

499
00:49:12,504 --> 00:49:15,255
It's all right, Evalina,
I'll get it.

500
00:49:15,882 --> 00:49:18,005
Get back, Charlie.

501
00:49:18,134 --> 00:49:20,376
- Mr. Donald Woods?
- Charlie.

502
00:49:21,805 --> 00:49:23,963
I'm Donald Woods.

503
00:49:24,599 --> 00:49:27,304
You made a complaint
to the minister of police.

504
00:49:27,435 --> 00:49:29,926
Yes.
It's all right.

505
00:49:30,688 --> 00:49:33,642
- Come on, Charlie.
- That's prompt. I saw him yesterday.

506
00:49:33,775 --> 00:49:36,562
You had a witness
to the alleged crime?

507
00:49:36,694 --> 00:49:41,439
That's right. I explained to Mr. Kruger that
I couldn't name him, but there definitely...

508
00:49:41,574 --> 00:49:47,280
You reported a crime, Mr. Woods, and the
law states you must name the witness.

509
00:49:47,538 --> 00:49:50,705
- No, you don't understand.
- You must name the witness,

510
00:49:50,833 --> 00:49:53,371
or you will go to
prison until you do.

511
00:49:54,170 --> 00:49:56,328
That is the law.

512
00:49:58,924 --> 00:50:01,759
I don't want to go back to Mr. Kruger
and report that two...

513
00:50:01,886 --> 00:50:04,211
You report to
whoever you like.

514
00:50:04,346 --> 00:50:07,300
Our orders, Mr. Woods,
come from the very top.

515
00:50:13,981 --> 00:50:15,938
Kruger.

516
00:50:16,984 --> 00:50:19,060
I didn't say Mr. Kruger.

517
00:50:21,488 --> 00:50:23,695
I said from the top.

518
00:50:27,911 --> 00:50:30,449
Next time he sends you,
you'd better have a warrant.

519
00:50:30,580 --> 00:50:34,364
- The law is on our side.
- Yes, well, justice is on mine.

520
00:50:34,501 --> 00:50:36,577
We'll see how we
make out in court.

521
00:50:36,712 --> 00:50:41,041
And tell Mr. Kruger he must come
to my house for a whisky one day.

522
00:51:13,498 --> 00:51:15,040
Steve!

523
00:51:16,084 --> 00:51:20,081
- Stay still. - Stay in the
middle and we'll cover you.

524
00:51:20,213 --> 00:51:22,620
No, it's ok. It's ok, boys.
It's ok.

525
00:51:23,549 --> 00:51:26,171
You're a dirty player, Biko.

526
00:51:26,302 --> 00:51:28,840
I was taught by
a Catholic priest.

527
00:51:28,971 --> 00:51:31,011
What do you expect?

528
00:51:31,641 --> 00:51:34,132
- Are you alone?
- Yes.

529
00:51:34,935 --> 00:51:37,723
- Who told you I was here?
- Your wife.

530
00:51:40,441 --> 00:51:43,774
She didn't tell me where
the police thought you were.

531
00:51:43,903 --> 00:51:48,399
Well, we planted a phone call saying
I was going to spend the afternoon,

532
00:51:48,532 --> 00:51:51,070
going over the books
at the clinic.

533
00:51:53,287 --> 00:51:55,742
Got my summons today.

534
00:51:55,873 --> 00:51:58,542
They're actually
going to prosecute.

535
00:51:58,667 --> 00:52:01,336
Six months for withholding
the name of a witness.

536
00:52:01,462 --> 00:52:03,703
I think they want to
break up our friendship.

537
00:52:03,839 --> 00:52:06,793
A few months in jail might
be just what you need...

538
00:52:07,175 --> 00:52:10,876
...to prove your credibility
as a budding activist.

539
00:52:11,888 --> 00:52:15,803
Yeah, well, I got my old law professor,
Harold Levy, to defend me.

540
00:52:15,934 --> 00:52:17,393
- He's the best.
- You want one?

541
00:52:17,519 --> 00:52:23,059
Oh, yeah, thanks. But I'm not going to
name Dilima, whatever happens.

542
00:52:23,191 --> 00:52:27,853
- But Kruger obviously means business.
- They always mean business against us.

543
00:52:27,988 --> 00:52:32,116
Some day we'll be the damn
system in this country.

544
00:52:33,201 --> 00:52:35,953
A lot of us are going
to die for nothing...

545
00:52:36,079 --> 00:52:39,744
...if our system turns us into nothing
but black versions of theirs.

546
00:52:39,874 --> 00:52:42,875
I could accept that.

547
00:52:43,002 --> 00:52:46,288
A bent policeman is a
bent policeman, Soga.

548
00:52:46,422 --> 00:52:49,257
He breaks the same heads
for the same reasons.

549
00:52:49,384 --> 00:52:52,254
To substitute a black
one for a white one,...

550
00:52:52,387 --> 00:52:55,056
...it's not worth the
price of one child.

551
00:52:57,809 --> 00:53:01,142
Never mind the six months
in jail for Mr. Woods.

552
00:53:12,990 --> 00:53:16,074
- Are you sure this is the right house?
- Yes, it is.

553
00:53:52,362 --> 00:53:56,691
We have reason to believe you are in
possession of subversive documents.

554
00:53:56,867 --> 00:53:59,108
We have orders to
search these premises.

555
00:53:59,244 --> 00:54:01,402
Do you have a warrant?

556
00:54:05,875 --> 00:54:07,535
Good.

557
00:54:07,669 --> 00:54:11,714
Well, bring it to the window
over there and I'll read it.

558
00:54:19,597 --> 00:54:20,795
Psst.

559
00:54:20,932 --> 00:54:24,016
Put Mapetla's
article with them.

560
00:54:31,859 --> 00:54:33,816
Ok.

561
00:54:33,945 --> 00:54:36,068
Could you hold it up, please?

562
00:54:44,330 --> 00:54:47,414
Fine.
Just turn the page, please.

563
00:54:47,875 --> 00:54:50,413
Could you read a little faster?

564
00:54:56,842 --> 00:55:01,469
Well, it appears to be in order, but you
won't find any such papers in my house.

565
00:55:01,597 --> 00:55:03,056
We'll see.

566
00:55:03,182 --> 00:55:08,176
All right, as soon as my wife is
properly dressed, I'll let you in.

567
00:55:21,867 --> 00:55:23,906
In there.

568
00:56:20,299 --> 00:56:22,588
Stoffle!
Let's go.

569
00:56:25,388 --> 00:56:27,961
I told you you wouldn't
find anything.

570
00:56:29,392 --> 00:56:31,431
We'll be back.

571
00:56:42,488 --> 00:56:45,405
I think we should
rescue them now.

572
00:56:48,410 --> 00:56:50,533
- Dadu.
- Dadu.

573
00:56:50,662 --> 00:56:53,580
Finally the prosecution finished,...

574
00:56:53,707 --> 00:56:57,621
...and the whole courtroom thought
that I was as good as in jail.

575
00:56:57,753 --> 00:57:00,244
Does that mean that you're
going to prison, Dad?

576
00:57:00,380 --> 00:57:02,420
You'd like that,
wouldn't you?

577
00:57:03,383 --> 00:57:07,333
No, you see, then Uncle Harold
began his cross-examination.

578
00:57:07,471 --> 00:57:12,845
He began by pointing out that the wording
of the charge itself was not proper,...

579
00:57:12,976 --> 00:57:15,134
...that the dates were
all inaccurate,...

580
00:57:15,270 --> 00:57:19,683
...that the precedents they'd cited
applied to totally different situations.

581
00:57:19,816 --> 00:57:23,066
Quiet, Charlie.

582
00:57:27,032 --> 00:57:29,902
We're here to check your pass.
Just leave your door open.

583
00:57:30,035 --> 00:57:33,320
Donald! Donald,
they're after Evalina.

584
00:57:33,455 --> 00:57:36,621
Donald, it's the police.
They're after Evalina.

585
00:57:36,749 --> 00:57:39,371
- Donald, what are you doing?
- Jane, go up to Mary.

586
00:57:39,502 --> 00:57:41,542
Yeah, right, Dad.

587
00:57:41,754 --> 00:57:43,830
Charlie!
Donald...

588
00:57:45,883 --> 00:57:49,050
- What the hell are you doing here?
- We want to see her passbook.

589
00:57:49,178 --> 00:57:51,930
- It's all right, master.
- At this time of night?

590
00:57:52,056 --> 00:57:54,298
That's when they have
their boyfriends in.

591
00:57:54,434 --> 00:57:56,806
You're talking to a
married woman, and I...

592
00:57:56,936 --> 00:57:59,344
Master, I'll find it.

593
00:57:59,772 --> 00:58:03,686
- We've asked this Bantu female...
- Woman! Bastard.

594
00:58:03,818 --> 00:58:06,569
She's a woman,
not a Bantu female.

595
00:58:06,737 --> 00:58:10,189
We can question Bantu any time.
It's our job.

596
00:58:10,324 --> 00:58:12,447
There may be an
illegal male in there.

597
00:58:13,494 --> 00:58:15,985
You're on my property.

598
00:58:17,206 --> 00:58:22,082
Ach... you think you're a big editor
who can get away with anything.

599
00:58:22,211 --> 00:58:26,374
I think I'm a man who's found
two intruders in his back yard.

600
00:58:26,507 --> 00:58:28,546
Master...

601
00:58:33,847 --> 00:58:36,136
Kom, Kobus.
We'll see about this.

602
00:58:36,266 --> 00:58:38,306
Go on, piss off.

603
00:58:40,812 --> 00:58:44,146
- You all right?
- Yes, master. Thank you.

604
00:58:44,274 --> 00:58:47,061
Sipo can bring the children
here whenever you want.

605
00:58:47,194 --> 00:58:49,233
Yes, master.

606
00:58:52,199 --> 00:58:54,405
You're mad, Donald Woods.

607
00:58:57,245 --> 00:58:59,487
I'm also shaking like a leaf.

608
00:59:02,667 --> 00:59:06,119
- Get your own strawberry.
- If I got strawberry,

609
00:59:06,254 --> 00:59:09,588
then you wouldn't be able
to taste my chocolate.

610
00:59:09,716 --> 00:59:11,922
I was just being considerate,
you know?

611
00:59:12,052 --> 00:59:15,586
You have a little of mine
and I'll have a little of yours.

612
00:59:15,889 --> 00:59:18,047
What's the matter?

613
00:59:18,641 --> 00:59:20,967
Ken!
Ken, be careful!

614
00:59:33,906 --> 00:59:37,073
They may just beat him up to try
and scare him off the paper,...

615
00:59:37,201 --> 00:59:39,739
...but it's more pressure
they're putting on.

616
00:59:39,871 --> 00:59:43,204
I'm afraid they'll use him as an
example so that no other black...

617
00:59:59,974 --> 01:00:03,592
- God, what the hell are you doing?
- I want to know about Mapetla. Hi.

618
01:00:03,727 --> 01:00:08,473
- Coming into a white area?
- This is my country. I go where I like.

619
01:00:10,734 --> 01:00:14,352
- He's heard about Mapetla.
- Oh, yes. Did you drive yourself here?

620
01:00:14,488 --> 01:00:16,527
No, no.
Peter's driving.

621
01:00:16,657 --> 01:00:20,606
I put Harold Levy on it,
but they wouldn't tell him anything.

622
01:00:20,744 --> 01:00:22,902
Sit down.

623
01:00:23,038 --> 01:00:26,205
All being well, I'm going to
Cape Town in a couple of days.

624
01:00:26,333 --> 01:00:30,200
When I come through I'll drop off what
I want to write about the arrest. Thanks.

625
01:00:30,337 --> 01:00:32,828
Maybe you'll publish it?

626
01:00:34,883 --> 01:00:38,216
- Cape Town, Steve...
- You must be out of your mind.

627
01:00:40,347 --> 01:00:42,357
Well, it's a...

628
01:00:42,616 --> 01:00:47,038
it's a meeting of black students there.
An important one.

629
01:00:47,073 --> 01:00:50,924
And before they take a stand I want
them to hear what I have to say.

630
01:01:07,832 --> 01:01:10,833
Right, we'll print the news
of Tenjy's arrest.

631
01:01:12,044 --> 01:01:14,333
We'll put it on the front page.

632
01:01:22,346 --> 01:01:24,386
What's up, boss?

633
01:01:26,517 --> 01:01:28,557
Mapetla's dead.

634
01:01:30,438 --> 01:01:33,392
They claim he hanged
himself in his cell.

635
01:01:35,693 --> 01:01:37,899
I'm going to remake
the front page.

636
01:01:53,961 --> 01:01:56,167
- Donald Woods.
- Hello, Donald.

637
01:01:56,839 --> 01:01:58,878
A piece of news.

638
01:01:59,424 --> 01:02:01,750
The day before Mapetla died,...

639
01:02:02,010 --> 01:02:06,897
...the police showed another
prisoner a puppet of Mapetla...

640
01:02:06,996 --> 01:02:09,561
...hanging from a string.

641
01:02:12,479 --> 01:02:14,518
Shit.

642
01:02:17,108 --> 01:02:19,350
Steve, I don't know
what to say.

643
01:02:20,362 --> 01:02:24,027
Just say that some day
justice will be done.

644
01:02:24,991 --> 01:02:29,119
And let's hope it will not
be visited on the innocent.

645
01:02:41,799 --> 01:02:44,125
You shouldn't
go to Cape Town.

646
01:02:45,803 --> 01:02:47,843
It's too dangerous.

647
01:03:00,693 --> 01:03:02,732
It's a dangerous country.

648
01:03:26,135 --> 01:03:28,174
Keys and papers, eh.

649
01:03:43,276 --> 01:03:45,399
I can't get the bloody
thing open.

650
01:03:45,529 --> 01:03:48,565
- What you got in there?
- Nothing.

651
01:03:50,909 --> 01:03:54,408
- What's wrong?
- I think they got something in here.

652
01:04:00,627 --> 01:04:02,666
Out!

653
01:04:12,639 --> 01:04:14,678
Papers.

654
01:04:26,402 --> 01:04:28,442
What's your name, Kaffir?

655
01:04:29,989 --> 01:04:32,065
- It's there in the book.
- Say it!

656
01:04:32,617 --> 01:04:34,656
Say your name!

657
01:04:42,335 --> 01:04:44,374
Bantu Stephen Biko.

658
01:04:53,429 --> 01:04:56,880
18TH AUGUST 1977

659
01:05:38,223 --> 01:05:43,846
11TH SEPTEMBER 1977

660
01:06:37,740 --> 01:06:39,779
I think...

661
01:06:40,117 --> 01:06:42,406
I think he should
see a specialist.

662
01:06:42,536 --> 01:06:45,205
Could he be shamming?

663
01:06:45,330 --> 01:06:48,121
The extensor plantar reflex...

664
01:06:48,389 --> 01:06:52,100
...indicates a possible
lesion on the brain.

665
01:06:52,251 --> 01:06:57,949
- Could he be shamming?
- You can't sham a reflex, sir.

666
01:07:00,137 --> 01:07:03,303
And the lumbar puncture
that Doctor Hersch took...

667
01:07:03,432 --> 01:07:07,595
...revealed an excess of red
blood cells in the spinal fluid.

668
01:07:09,938 --> 01:07:11,978
Well, that also points to...

669
01:07:13,191 --> 01:07:16,856
Well, it's a possible sign
of serious brain damage.

670
01:07:27,956 --> 01:07:30,032
Has he eaten, Sergeant?

671
01:07:30,166 --> 01:07:32,206
Gone to the toilet?

672
01:07:34,712 --> 01:07:36,752
No, not today.

673
01:07:40,885 --> 01:07:43,341
He must be seen
by a specialist.

674
01:07:51,270 --> 01:07:54,271
We'll take him to the police
hospital in Pretoria.

675
01:07:55,942 --> 01:07:58,018
But that's 700 miles.

676
01:07:58,152 --> 01:08:02,731
He might escape from the hospital here.
I want him in a police hospital.

677
01:08:02,865 --> 01:08:05,321
Open up.

678
01:08:47,592 --> 01:08:49,697
Go by way of Seymour.

679
01:08:50,053 --> 01:08:54,452
If you take breaks, one man stays
with Biko all the time. Goodbye.

680
01:09:29,242 --> 01:09:32,626
PRETORIA,
12TH SEPTEMBER 1977,

681
01:09:32,661 --> 01:09:36,330
STEVE BIKO
DIES IN CUSTODY

682
01:10:48,653 --> 01:10:51,689
So Biko's death
leaves me cold!

683
01:10:55,368 --> 01:10:58,203
He died after a hunger strike!

684
01:10:59,914 --> 01:11:01,492
Mr. Chairman!

685
01:11:01,833 --> 01:11:03,872
Mr. Chairman!

686
01:11:04,877 --> 01:11:09,255
Mr. Chairman, I commend the
minister for being so democratic,

687
01:11:09,382 --> 01:11:14,091
that he gives prisoners the democratic
right to starve themselves.

688
01:11:18,015 --> 01:11:21,301
I suppose one feels
sorry for any death.

689
01:11:22,645 --> 01:11:26,263
I suppose I would feel sorry
about my own death.

690
01:12:32,547 --> 01:12:34,705
How did you get permission?

691
01:12:34,841 --> 01:12:39,586
I didn't. If I asked, it would tip them off,
and they might move him.

692
01:12:39,721 --> 01:12:43,339
I've checked the law.
I don't think they'll dare stop us.

693
01:12:52,984 --> 01:12:56,684
But this is a special case.
There's been no inquest yet.

694
01:12:57,405 --> 01:13:00,441
- I'm afraid there's no possibility...
- Not special at all.

695
01:13:00,667 --> 01:13:02,630
The law is quite clear.

696
01:13:02,665 --> 01:13:05,737
The next of kin have a right
to see the deceased.

697
01:13:06,705 --> 01:13:10,703
Now, Mr. Biko's death has caused
enough uproar in the press already,...

698
01:13:10,834 --> 01:13:16,624
...but if you'd like to create another issue
for the front page, I'll be happy to comply.

699
01:14:31,455 --> 01:14:33,495
Steve.

700
01:14:34,834 --> 01:14:36,873
Steve...

701
01:14:42,591 --> 01:14:45,343
What have they done to you?

702
01:15:01,110 --> 01:15:04,561
We must hurry, Ntsiki,
before he notifies the police.

703
01:15:13,372 --> 01:15:15,910
Don't let them frighten you,
Mr. Woods.

704
01:15:24,966 --> 01:15:27,006
All right.

705
01:15:31,389 --> 01:15:33,429
From every angle.

706
01:15:44,652 --> 01:15:46,692
His whole body.

707
01:15:52,410 --> 01:15:55,993
You and Wendy will come
to the funeral, won't you?

708
01:15:59,417 --> 01:16:01,872
Well, would his
other friends...

709
01:16:03,463 --> 01:16:05,870
Would we be welcome?

710
01:16:06,007 --> 01:16:07,964
Yes, Donald.

711
01:16:08,092 --> 01:16:10,963
You and Wendy are
our brother and sister.

712
01:18:56,132 --> 01:19:00,794
We are here to mourn one
of the great men of Africa.

713
01:19:01,679 --> 01:19:03,719
Power!

714
01:19:05,725 --> 01:19:10,683
I love Steve Biko, but I hate
the system that killed him.

715
01:19:13,858 --> 01:19:17,061
Even today, the day
of Steve Biko's funeral,

716
01:19:17,361 --> 01:19:21,386
in their white arrogance,
they have turned back thousands

717
01:19:21,421 --> 01:19:24,895
who sought to come here simply
to pay their respect to him.

718
01:19:27,872 --> 01:19:30,078
But we are here!

719
01:19:39,467 --> 01:19:42,347
I hate the system...

720
01:19:43,213 --> 01:19:49,087
...but I welcome all South Africans
who join with us today...

721
01:19:49,226 --> 01:19:52,180
...in mourning the man
who gave us all faith

722
01:19:52,313 --> 01:19:55,148
in the kind of country
South Africa could be.

723
01:19:55,274 --> 01:19:58,607
The kind of country
South Africa will be...

724
01:19:58,736 --> 01:20:02,506
...when all men are judged
as human beings,

725
01:20:02,545 --> 01:20:05,968
as equal members
of God's family.

726
01:20:06,003 --> 01:20:08,659
And towards this day...

727
01:20:08,931 --> 01:20:13,740
...when the isolation
that creates hostility...

728
01:20:13,775 --> 01:20:18,868
...becomes the closeness that
permits friendship and love,...

729
01:20:19,631 --> 01:20:24,017
...let us all join in
the song of Africa...

730
01:20:24,142 --> 01:20:27,990
...that Steve Biko
cherished as we do.

731
01:20:28,348 --> 01:20:33,425
<i>Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika</i>

732
01:20:33,561 --> 01:20:38,722
<i>Maluphakanyisw'
uphondo lwayo</i>

733
01:20:39,067 --> 01:20:44,571
<i>Yizwa imithandazo yethu</i>

734
01:20:44,697 --> 01:20:50,046
<i>Nkosi sikelela</i>

735
01:20:50,329 --> 01:20:54,611
<i>Nkosi sikelela</i>

736
01:20:54,646 --> 01:20:56,330
Do you understand
the words?

737
01:20:57,752 --> 01:20:59,791
Yes, it's a...

738
01:21:00,630 --> 01:21:03,085
"God bless Africa.
Raise up her name. "

739
01:21:04,091 --> 01:21:07,092
"Hear our prayers,
and bless us. "

740
01:21:14,435 --> 01:21:19,595
<i>Nkosi Sikelela</i>

741
01:21:19,815 --> 01:21:25,692
<i>Thina lusapho lwayo</i>

742
01:21:26,697 --> 01:21:31,489
<i>Morena boloka
setjhaba sa heso</i>

743
01:21:31,869 --> 01:21:37,111
<i>O fedise dintwa
la matshwenyeho</i>

744
01:21:37,249 --> 01:21:42,125
<i>Morena boloka
setjhaba sa heso</i>

745
01:21:42,254 --> 01:21:46,715
<i>O fedise dintwa
la matshwenyeho</i>

746
01:21:46,842 --> 01:21:48,585
<i>O se boloke</i>

747
01:21:48,719 --> 01:21:51,554
<i>O se boloke</i>

748
01:21:51,680 --> 01:21:53,507
<i>O se boloke</i>

749
01:21:53,640 --> 01:21:56,558
<i>O se boloke</i>

750
01:21:56,685 --> 01:22:02,308
<i>Setjhaba sa heso</i>

751
01:22:02,440 --> 01:22:06,874
<i>Setjhaba sa Afrika</i>

752
01:22:07,052 --> 01:22:09,833
<i>Setjhaba sa Afrika</i>

753
01:22:09,868 --> 01:22:11,654
Power!

754
01:22:16,621 --> 01:22:20,120
The fact is that Biko had
gone on a hunger strike.

755
01:22:20,416 --> 01:22:25,791
We tried to feed him by intravenous drip,
with a tube in his arm.

756
01:22:26,798 --> 01:22:29,752
I don't know about these things.
I'm not a doctor.

757
01:22:31,552 --> 01:22:35,680
That was the minister of police,
Mr. Kruger, speaking from his home.

758
01:22:35,807 --> 01:22:37,846
Yes, hello.

759
01:22:38,392 --> 01:22:40,515
Is that you, Donald?

760
01:22:40,645 --> 01:22:44,938
All right, you traitor.
You black-loving bitch.

761
01:22:45,066 --> 01:22:46,690
We know you're alone.
We're coming to get you.

762
01:22:57,995 --> 01:23:01,198
Mum, I can't sleep.

763
01:23:03,209 --> 01:23:05,248
Was that Dad?

764
01:23:05,377 --> 01:23:07,287
No.

765
01:23:07,421 --> 01:23:09,663
More threats.

766
01:23:10,966 --> 01:23:12,164
Police?

767
01:23:12,301 --> 01:23:14,874
They're the only ones
we know are doing it.

768
01:23:15,554 --> 01:23:17,712
When Daddy gets back
from Johannesburg,

769
01:23:17,798 --> 01:23:20,341
we ought to put a tape-recording
machine on the telephone,

770
01:23:20,376 --> 01:23:22,677
and then print what
they say in the paper.

771
01:23:24,605 --> 01:23:28,104
There'd have to be a lot
of blanks and dashes.

772
01:23:30,444 --> 01:23:33,480
Well, I'm going downstairs
to make some coffee.

773
01:23:35,407 --> 01:23:37,115
No, don't go.

774
01:23:53,717 --> 01:23:56,124
Mum, what is it?

775
01:23:56,636 --> 01:23:59,922
- Mum, shall we call someone?
- You just stay up here.

776
01:24:27,416 --> 01:24:31,117
Believe me, 30 years in the police force
you know one when you see one.

777
01:24:31,253 --> 01:24:33,626
- Tell Donald...
- Uncle Don, here's another one.

778
01:24:33,756 --> 01:24:34,918
They're all from a .32.

779
01:24:35,049 --> 01:24:39,343
One of us will stay here until he gets
back. I'll prove my ex-colleagues did this.

780
01:24:39,470 --> 01:24:41,795
- What good will that do?
- None.

781
01:24:41,931 --> 01:24:44,600
But it'll make me feel better
that they know we know.

782
01:24:44,725 --> 01:24:47,726
Look, Mum, one went right
through your window.

783
01:24:56,779 --> 01:25:00,562
Dead right. They're mad enough about
the speeches you're making here.

784
01:25:00,699 --> 01:25:04,317
You should read the Afrikaans
press in Cape Town.

785
01:25:04,453 --> 01:25:09,280
You stir up trouble overseas and they'll
come down on you like a ton of bricks.

786
01:25:09,416 --> 01:25:12,251
Donald, you know my opinion.
I think it's madness.

787
01:25:12,377 --> 01:25:14,785
And even if they do let you out,
take my word for it,

788
01:25:14,921 --> 01:25:18,871
they'll arrest you the minute
you get back. I would've done.

789
01:25:19,009 --> 01:25:23,172
Look, here or there, we're going
to force them to have an inquest.

790
01:25:23,305 --> 01:25:28,595
They can't arrest me there, but a lecture
tour in the States will stir up pressure.

791
01:25:28,727 --> 01:25:34,231
If you were a lawyer, you know, getting
support for the law, that's one thing.

792
01:25:34,357 --> 01:25:39,268
But you're going to talk about Biko. I'm
telling you, they won't stop at niceties.

793
01:25:39,571 --> 01:25:42,571
Look...
Kruger lied.

794
01:25:45,118 --> 01:25:50,112
If we expose it, they're going to
have to admit how Steve really died.

795
01:25:52,250 --> 01:25:54,326
I'm going.

796
01:25:54,460 --> 01:25:58,458
If one of you will stay with Wendy
and the kids, I'm not worried.

797
01:25:58,589 --> 01:26:02,338
In fact, the more publicity I get,
the safer I'll be.

798
01:26:16,482 --> 01:26:22,437
19TH OCTOBER 1977

799
01:26:24,740 --> 01:26:26,448
I'll phone you when
I get there.

800
01:26:26,575 --> 01:26:32,364
Calling Dr Steiner, travelling to Paris,
to the first-class counter, please.

801
01:26:33,248 --> 01:26:35,241
- Donald Woods?
- That's right.

802
01:26:35,375 --> 01:26:38,661
We're from security police.
Would you come with us, please?

803
01:26:38,795 --> 01:26:42,663
This is the final call for
passengers travelling on BA...

804
01:26:42,799 --> 01:26:45,255
Don't worry about that.
You won't be on the flight.

805
01:26:45,385 --> 01:26:48,220
- But my cases are.
- We've taken them off.

806
01:26:52,434 --> 01:26:56,514
You, Donald James Woods,...

807
01:26:57,314 --> 01:27:03,019
...are declared a banned person,
in terms of the Internal Security Act.

808
01:27:03,904 --> 01:27:07,403
Henceforth, and for
a period of five years,

809
01:27:07,532 --> 01:27:12,360
you are forbidden to associate with
more than one person at a time.

810
01:27:12,996 --> 01:27:17,159
or be in a room with more
than one person at a time,...

811
01:27:17,292 --> 01:27:21,159
...except for the members
of your immediate family.

812
01:27:21,296 --> 01:27:27,049
You are forbidden to write anything,
whether privately or for publication.

813
01:27:27,176 --> 01:27:32,467
You are forbidden to enter any printing
or publishing premises of any kind.

814
01:27:33,057 --> 01:27:36,429
And are restricted
for that five years,

815
01:27:36,462 --> 01:27:40,310
to the magisterial district
of East London.

816
01:27:45,611 --> 01:27:48,363
Kruger's really gone crazy.

817
01:27:59,458 --> 01:28:03,372
You reckon you know what
happened to Steve Biko, eh?

818
01:28:03,504 --> 01:28:05,543
I saw his body.

819
01:28:07,007 --> 01:28:10,008
And those pictures
you've confiscated,...

820
01:28:10,135 --> 01:28:14,347
...14 sets have already been
released to the world press.

821
01:28:14,473 --> 01:28:17,924
Arresting and banning me
is a stupid thing to do.

822
01:28:18,060 --> 01:28:23,481
Now the minister of police has guaranteed
a world spotlight on the Biko inquest.

823
01:28:24,274 --> 01:28:28,438
I have two small children, Mr. Woods,
and I think about the future.

824
01:28:28,570 --> 01:28:31,737
So tell me,
what would you do?

825
01:28:33,658 --> 01:28:35,900
I have children too.

826
01:28:36,828 --> 01:28:41,324
But the days of a few whites
running a black country are over.

827
01:28:43,168 --> 01:28:45,609
It's going to change...

828
01:28:45,698 --> 01:28:48,561
...in partnership or bloodshed.

829
01:28:49,341 --> 01:28:52,875
For your white children and mine,
I hope it's in partnership.

830
01:28:53,011 --> 01:28:55,762
Huh.
With the likes of Biko?

831
01:28:58,266 --> 01:29:00,839
God, I hope with
the likes of Biko.

832
01:29:03,104 --> 01:29:06,058
I'd have met you in the church,
but as you know,

833
01:29:06,190 --> 01:29:08,942
I can only be with
one person at a time.

834
01:29:09,068 --> 01:29:14,110
And the system, the police,
are just across the road.

835
01:29:24,125 --> 01:29:28,288
You're playing with fire.
You know the house is bugged.

836
01:29:28,838 --> 01:29:33,500
One slip of the tongue,
a surprise raid, and then...

837
01:29:34,677 --> 01:29:37,761
What you've written
about Steve is treason.

838
01:29:37,888 --> 01:29:41,802
If I get caught smuggling it out,
we'd both get what Nelson Mandela got,

839
01:29:41,934 --> 01:29:45,766
or what... you know... you know,
what happened to Steve.

840
01:29:46,271 --> 01:29:50,316
- And no one would ever know.
- So you think I've done it all for nothing?

841
01:29:50,442 --> 01:29:56,029
Well, what I think is that you should
destroy what you've written, now,...

842
01:29:56,156 --> 01:29:59,940
...or get yourself out of South
Africa with that manuscript.

843
01:30:00,077 --> 01:30:04,454
Not just for, well...
but for their sakes too.

844
01:30:05,582 --> 01:30:08,073
Leave here?
Permanently?

845
01:30:10,087 --> 01:30:12,126
In actual fact,...

846
01:30:15,425 --> 01:30:17,501
...one or the other.

847
01:30:18,595 --> 01:30:21,002
What do you mean,
we've got to leave?

848
01:30:21,139 --> 01:30:23,712
Bruce contacted a
publisher in England.

849
01:30:24,517 --> 01:30:26,759
They want my book.

850
01:30:26,895 --> 01:30:29,137
Father Kani is right.

851
01:30:29,397 --> 01:30:32,766
When it comes out,
the government will see it as treason.

852
01:30:34,861 --> 01:30:36,770
We can't stay.

853
01:30:37,280 --> 01:30:40,032
I don't believe this.

854
01:30:41,409 --> 01:30:44,030
Because you want
a book published,...

855
01:30:44,162 --> 01:30:47,661
...you're going to rip the
kids from their schools,...

856
01:30:47,790 --> 01:30:50,460
...their grandparents,
their whole life?

857
01:30:54,130 --> 01:30:57,415
Don't you even bother to
find out what I'd like to do?

858
01:30:58,467 --> 01:31:02,465
We may hate the bastards that run
this country, but this is still our home.

859
01:31:02,597 --> 01:31:04,755
What do you want to do?

860
01:31:04,890 --> 01:31:09,469
Just accept Steve's death? Accept what the
government's doing and will go on doing?

861
01:31:09,603 --> 01:31:12,972
What more do you want to do?
You forced the inquest. You're banned!

862
01:31:13,107 --> 01:31:16,143
Are you so grand you think you
can change them all on your own?

863
01:31:16,277 --> 01:31:20,855
I'll do what I can. I certainly won't sit in
that house for five years and do nothing!

864
01:31:20,990 --> 01:31:23,659
And to hell with us?
What do we do? Where do we go?

865
01:31:23,784 --> 01:31:28,245
Donald, we've got five children.
We couldn't take a penny out of here.

866
01:31:29,415 --> 01:31:31,407
I know you.

867
01:31:31,542 --> 01:31:36,536
You're willing to tear our lives apart just
to see Donald Woods on a book cover.

868
01:31:38,882 --> 01:31:41,883
And you're using Steve's
death as an excuse.

869
01:31:42,886 --> 01:31:44,428
Bloody hell!

870
01:31:51,228 --> 01:31:55,012
- Jane, can I go in again?
- Mary, go and get dry.

871
01:32:21,925 --> 01:32:24,166
Can we talk about this?

872
01:32:25,720 --> 01:32:27,926
I'm sorry I was so cruel.

873
01:32:28,890 --> 01:32:30,929
No, you were right.

874
01:32:31,934 --> 01:32:33,974
I want a book published.

875
01:32:35,188 --> 01:32:37,227
I do.

876
01:32:39,942 --> 01:32:41,982
But if Steve...

877
01:32:44,196 --> 01:32:46,403
...if Steve died for nothing,...

878
01:32:48,367 --> 01:32:50,407
...if we let them
just bury his name...

879
01:32:50,536 --> 01:32:53,406
Who do you think you are?
God?

880
01:32:57,793 --> 01:33:03,250
No, there's just no other writer who knows
Steve's story like I do. It's just a fact.

881
01:33:03,382 --> 01:33:05,421
There are seven of us.

882
01:33:08,762 --> 01:33:11,051
Donald,
you're 43 years old.

883
01:33:11,181 --> 01:33:13,506
What will one book do?

884
01:33:14,143 --> 01:33:17,227
And do you think they're
going to let us walk out?

885
01:33:18,355 --> 01:33:23,776
We could get killed trying to escape, and
still you wouldn't get your book printed.

886
01:33:24,987 --> 01:33:27,656
Come on, the kids will
be worried about us.

887
01:33:37,582 --> 01:33:39,705
I'm not God,...

888
01:33:41,086 --> 01:33:43,873
...but we know what
this country is like now.

889
01:33:46,424 --> 01:33:51,003
And we can't accept it and we can't
wait for God to come and change it.

890
01:33:52,388 --> 01:33:57,762
We have to do what we can.
And this book is what I can do.

891
01:34:13,326 --> 01:34:15,817
- Morning.
- Thanks. It's for us!

892
01:34:15,953 --> 01:34:18,623
Mummy, Daddy, it's a present.

893
01:34:19,373 --> 01:34:21,745
- Can we open it?
- If it's addressed to you.

894
01:34:21,876 --> 01:34:24,449
- Thanks.
- What's all this noise?

895
01:34:24,587 --> 01:34:26,829
Dad, it's got a picture of Steve.

896
01:34:26,964 --> 01:34:29,087
- What is it? A T-shirt?
- Here, Mary.

897
01:34:29,216 --> 01:34:31,256
I bet it fits.

898
01:34:31,886 --> 01:34:33,925
Wendy.

899
01:34:34,805 --> 01:34:36,845
- Is there a return address?
- No, Dad.

900
01:34:36,974 --> 01:34:41,137
- He's becoming a legend.
- Mummy! Daddy!

901
01:34:41,270 --> 01:34:43,309
What is it?
What is it?

902
01:34:44,064 --> 01:34:45,973
My eyes!

903
01:34:46,108 --> 01:34:48,184
Call Doctor James, quick.

904
01:34:49,736 --> 01:34:51,812
Mum,
my hands are itching.

905
01:34:54,158 --> 01:34:58,025
- It's all right. It's all right.
- What's happening? What is it?

906
01:34:58,161 --> 01:35:02,704
- Some kind of burn. I don't know.
- Get it off! Get it off. Get the dress off!

907
01:35:03,000 --> 01:35:06,997
- My hands are burning!
- Duncan, go upstairs and rinse them.

908
01:35:07,129 --> 01:35:09,168
Duncan, go upstairs
and rinse them!

909
01:35:09,297 --> 01:35:12,583
Did you hear what
Evalina said? Now, go!

910
01:35:19,766 --> 01:35:22,387
That was Don on the phone.

911
01:35:23,728 --> 01:35:28,805
He says he has proof beyond doubt that
the security police sent those T-shirts.

912
01:35:44,499 --> 01:35:46,954
How could they
do this to her?

913
01:35:53,633 --> 01:35:56,088
I think that book
should be published.

914
01:36:26,999 --> 01:36:30,249
- Bruce!
- God! You scared the shit out of me.

915
01:36:30,377 --> 01:36:32,583
I was expecting
you the other way.

916
01:36:32,713 --> 01:36:35,630
If I go out that way,
they know where I am and who I'm with.

917
01:36:35,757 --> 01:36:38,130
- Good thinking.
- Well, they didn't see me.

918
01:36:38,260 --> 01:36:41,130
You oughta report 'em
for neglect of duty.

919
01:36:41,263 --> 01:36:44,347
You're cheerful. I take it
you've got some good news.

920
01:36:44,474 --> 01:36:48,057
Yeah, it's out of date,
but we doctored that.

921
01:36:48,186 --> 01:36:52,231
It wouldn't get you out of Jo'burg,
but up in the sticks it ought to work.

922
01:36:52,357 --> 01:36:58,111
Father David C. Curren?
Irishman.

923
01:36:59,823 --> 01:37:02,658
- How did you get it?
- Father Kani lifted it.

924
01:37:04,202 --> 01:37:10,157
He felt sure Father Curren would agree,
but for safety's sake, he'd explain later.

925
01:37:10,291 --> 01:37:13,030
Black hair,
but apart from that,

926
01:37:13,199 --> 01:37:15,541
if the light wasn't too good,
I suppose it could work.

927
01:37:15,576 --> 01:37:17,923
You're sure those buggers
aren't behind us?

928
01:37:18,049 --> 01:37:20,207
- Yeah, it's all right.
- Good.

929
01:37:21,844 --> 01:37:24,596
This looks like a logical
place to get lost.

930
01:37:26,182 --> 01:37:28,221
Let's look at the map.

931
01:37:33,814 --> 01:37:36,436
Flying you out to
Botswana is out.

932
01:37:36,817 --> 01:37:39,818
- But we have to. How else...?
- We can't, Donald, we tried.

933
01:37:39,945 --> 01:37:44,524
We can't get a plane with the amount
of fuel needed without tipping our hand.

934
01:37:44,658 --> 01:37:48,490
So, we're gonna take you
out via Lesotho instead,...

935
01:37:49,497 --> 01:37:52,747
...and New Year's Eve is the best time,
everybody drunk as a skunk.

936
01:37:52,875 --> 01:37:57,336
You turn yourself into Father Curren
and get up here, north of Queenstown.

937
01:37:57,463 --> 01:38:00,380
Kani will drive you towards
Saint Theresa's Mission.

938
01:38:00,507 --> 01:38:02,714
Now, that's a bunch of
nuns on the border,

939
01:38:02,843 --> 01:38:05,927
so two priests, you see,
it's perfect.

940
01:38:06,055 --> 01:38:08,628
And once there, Kani says
the border's only a river.

941
01:38:08,765 --> 01:38:11,969
You can wade across
it at a dozen places.

942
01:38:12,269 --> 01:38:16,612
- I'm a priest wading across the border?
- You do it at night.

943
01:38:16,949 --> 01:38:21,469
And once you're across,
I'll be here to drive you to Maseru,...

944
01:38:21,504 --> 01:38:23,810
...before the police
know what's going on.

945
01:38:23,947 --> 01:38:27,398
And from there, you can
all fly out to Botswana.

946
01:38:27,534 --> 01:38:33,323
The airline is run by a Canadian, with
a couple of New Zealanders as pilots.

947
01:38:34,624 --> 01:38:38,574
If I get out, my one regret will be giving
you the biggest scoop of your life.

948
01:38:38,712 --> 01:38:42,294
Pig's ass! I've had bigger
scoops on an ice-cream cone.

949
01:38:44,718 --> 01:38:47,553
Why do I have to go so far north
before I meet Father Kani?

950
01:38:47,679 --> 01:38:50,964
Well, it's thought that arms are
coming through on those roads.

951
01:38:51,099 --> 01:38:53,008
Don't worry about them.

952
01:38:53,309 --> 01:38:56,844
So any car registered out of the
district is automatically checked.

953
01:38:56,980 --> 01:38:59,471
He's going up there
to get a local car.

954
01:39:00,191 --> 01:39:04,105
He's a helluva bloke, Kani.
For a black guy to do what he's doing...

955
01:39:04,237 --> 01:39:06,775
Believe me,
I know the risk he's taking.

956
01:39:06,906 --> 01:39:10,820
I don't see how I'm going to get all the
way up past Queenstown. It's a long way.

957
01:39:10,952 --> 01:39:14,996
You hitchhike, Father Curren,
you bloody hitchhike.

958
01:39:16,374 --> 01:39:21,119
That way, if you do get caught, you won't
take Wendy and Kani down with you.

959
01:39:30,346 --> 01:39:35,553
By five o'clock, New Year's Eve, all
the white police would be off for parties.

960
01:39:36,310 --> 01:39:39,975
You hitchhike to the
rendezvous point.

961
01:39:40,105 --> 01:39:43,142
It should be easy if you
don't leave too late.

962
01:39:45,194 --> 01:39:48,360
What if someone phones me
and I'm not there? The whole plan...

963
01:39:48,489 --> 01:39:53,067
In actual fact, New Year's Eve,
you've gone to bed quite drunk.

964
01:39:54,494 --> 01:39:56,902
Nobody will question that.

965
01:39:57,039 --> 01:39:59,874
The next morning,
Wendy drives off to the beach.

966
01:40:00,000 --> 01:40:03,203
Only, she really goes to
her parents' in Umtata.

967
01:40:04,004 --> 01:40:08,630
If you make it, you phone her
the minute you are in Lesotho

968
01:40:08,758 --> 01:40:11,546
ten o'clock, or whatever
time you've arranged.

969
01:40:11,678 --> 01:40:17,134
She takes the children north to the border
before they have time to pick her up.

970
01:40:17,559 --> 01:40:21,058
If you don't make it,
and there's no phone call,

971
01:40:21,187 --> 01:40:24,603
she turns right around and
goes straight back home,

972
01:40:24,733 --> 01:40:28,944
so that she can't be accused
of being a party to it.

973
01:40:30,029 --> 01:40:33,612
If I make it, they're going to
suspect your involvement.

974
01:40:33,741 --> 01:40:36,155
Oh, probably...

975
01:40:36,507 --> 01:40:41,110
...but as a man of the cloth,
it's proof they'll be missing.

976
01:40:41,145 --> 01:40:44,374
In my case,
I think they'll want it.

977
01:40:52,301 --> 01:40:56,429
NEW YEAR'S EVE 1977

978
01:41:09,401 --> 01:41:13,695
- Do you think we can stay up tonight?
- Well, why don't you ask Mum?

979
01:41:13,822 --> 01:41:15,945
Mary, come on.

980
01:41:16,492 --> 01:41:20,026
Can we stay up for New Year's Eve?
We can get undressed first.

981
01:41:20,162 --> 01:41:24,658
- Just wait and see. Get in the car.
- Come on, Charlie. In you go.

982
01:41:26,251 --> 01:41:28,208
Duncan,
your ice cream's melting.

983
01:41:28,337 --> 01:41:30,376
Charlie, don't lick me.

984
01:41:32,132 --> 01:41:37,292
If you do get ready, I've rented a film
and cartoons. You can watch till midnight.

985
01:41:37,804 --> 01:41:40,426
Mum, is Daddy going
to watch with us?

986
01:41:40,557 --> 01:41:43,511
Well, I thought you might
like to ask Alan and Greg.

987
01:41:44,478 --> 01:41:46,636
So Dad'll have to skip it.

988
01:41:47,063 --> 01:41:49,899
But you know what he thinks
of your choice of movies.

989
01:41:50,025 --> 01:41:52,694
But Daddy doesn't know
what good movies are.

990
01:42:13,881 --> 01:42:16,170
I saw Alice and Larry
at the beach.

991
01:42:17,176 --> 01:42:21,672
I must phone him. Maybe he'd come
over and play chess with me next week.

992
01:42:25,393 --> 01:42:27,800
Did you pick up
the projector?

993
01:42:27,979 --> 01:42:32,771
Oh, damn. The kids wanted ice-cream
cones, so I came home the other way.

994
01:42:32,900 --> 01:42:34,940
We even talked about it.

995
01:42:36,654 --> 01:42:38,896
I'll have to pick it up later.

996
01:42:39,532 --> 01:42:41,571
Stupid.

997
01:43:15,984 --> 01:43:18,024
Happy New Year.

998
01:43:30,040 --> 01:43:32,412
Donald...

999
01:43:37,422 --> 01:43:40,423
Thank God they're
so predictable.

1000
01:43:50,018 --> 01:43:53,387
- Dammit, it's my turn.
- No, it's not!

1001
01:43:58,735 --> 01:44:02,898
No, no, no, Duncan. I keep telling you.
I keep telling you all. Now watch.

1002
01:44:03,030 --> 01:44:05,782
Watch this.
Gavin. Mary.

1003
01:44:05,908 --> 01:44:10,120
You bend the back low on the table,
your hand flat.

1004
01:44:13,666 --> 01:44:16,667
If they see you,
don't say one word.

1005
01:44:22,675 --> 01:44:24,963
Where's Evalina?
Is she in her room?

1006
01:44:25,094 --> 01:44:27,086
No.

1007
01:44:27,221 --> 01:44:31,764
I sent her over the road to get hamburger
buns. She wasn't too pleased.

1008
01:45:11,056 --> 01:45:15,682
Well, if I've got to pick up that damn
projector, I might as well do it now.

1009
01:47:03,541 --> 01:47:05,119
Any chance of a lift?

1010
01:47:05,251 --> 01:47:09,664
No. I'm just dropping him and then
I'm going straight back into town.

1011
01:47:11,299 --> 01:47:15,877
No goodbyes, Father Curren.
Off you go. And take care of yourself.

1012
01:47:16,512 --> 01:47:18,920
Thank you for the ride,
Mrs. Woods.

1013
01:47:26,147 --> 01:47:28,186
Wendy!

1014
01:47:28,733 --> 01:47:32,149
- Don't forget to pick up the projector.
- The what?

1015
01:47:32,278 --> 01:47:34,733
- The projector.
- Oh, my God.

1016
01:47:35,281 --> 01:47:38,697
Thank God you reminded me.
I'd completely forgotten.

1017
01:47:38,826 --> 01:47:40,902
I'll see you soon, eh?

1018
01:47:55,050 --> 01:48:00,923
The military, the police...
Yes, of course I take risks. All the time.

1019
01:48:01,056 --> 01:48:04,970
But that is only unusual if you
think we're a land at peace.

1020
01:48:05,102 --> 01:48:09,645
You see, in a war, people take
great risks as a part of life.

1021
01:48:11,942 --> 01:48:14,896
Well... we're at war.

1022
01:48:18,907 --> 01:48:20,615
Hey, you want a ride?

1023
01:48:20,742 --> 01:48:23,909
Oh, thank you, sir.
But how far are you going?

1024
01:48:24,037 --> 01:48:26,789
- Near King William's Town.
- Thanks very much.

1025
01:48:26,915 --> 01:48:29,488
This side of King William's
Town is fine.

1026
01:49:02,992 --> 01:49:06,693
I'm going towards Queenstown.
I'll go as far as you're going.

1027
01:49:06,829 --> 01:49:09,949
Oh, don't mind him.
He just makes a lot of noise.

1028
01:49:10,082 --> 01:49:12,122
He doesn't do nothing.

1029
01:49:15,004 --> 01:49:19,547
9.25 PM. MASERU,
360 MILES

1030
01:49:25,764 --> 01:49:29,133
I tell you, Father, it's very hard
to see you in those dark clothes.

1031
01:49:29,268 --> 01:49:32,269
I couldn't tell what
you are at first.

1032
01:49:32,396 --> 01:49:35,516
Yeah, well, maybe I should
stand under a light next time.

1033
01:49:35,649 --> 01:49:37,855
Maybe you could let
me off in Stutterheim.

1034
01:49:37,985 --> 01:49:41,436
Yes, sir, as long as you ride with
me through King William's Town.

1035
01:49:41,572 --> 01:49:44,691
Those white kids will
be drunk tonight.

1036
01:49:44,950 --> 01:49:46,989
Maybe they give me trouble,

1037
01:49:47,119 --> 01:49:52,872
but with a white Father... Certainly, when
it is not New Year's Eve, it's a fine town.

1038
01:49:53,000 --> 01:49:56,000
I've met some good people
from King William's Town.

1039
01:49:56,128 --> 01:49:58,749
Yes... so have I.

1040
01:49:59,589 --> 01:50:02,294
The findings of the
court are as follows.

1041
01:50:02,759 --> 01:50:07,053
One, that the deceased,
Bantu Stephen Biko,...

1042
01:50:07,556 --> 01:50:12,134
...a black man, aged 30,
died on September 12th,

1043
01:50:12,268 --> 01:50:17,263
and the cause of death was brain
injury which led to renal failure.

1044
01:50:18,316 --> 01:50:21,187
Two, that on the
available evidence,

1045
01:50:21,319 --> 01:50:24,818
the death cannot be attributed
to any act or omission

1046
01:50:24,948 --> 01:50:29,159
amounting to a criminal offence
on the part of any person.

1047
01:50:36,959 --> 01:50:40,874
Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho...
Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho.

1048
01:50:45,968 --> 01:50:50,262
Hey, hey! I'm a priest!
Get away from this truck. Get off!

1049
01:50:51,599 --> 01:50:55,893
Get off, you stupid bastard,
or I'll break your goddamn neck!

1050
01:51:00,983 --> 01:51:03,818
I suppose I'll have to say some
penance for that outburst.

1051
01:51:03,944 --> 01:51:07,128
Oh, yes, sir,
you're going to.

1052
01:51:07,655 --> 01:51:10,615
But you got me through
King William's Town,...

1053
01:51:10,650 --> 01:51:13,302
...so I think God
must be with us.

1054
01:51:15,289 --> 01:51:18,574
One minute to go, so...

1055
01:51:19,626 --> 01:51:21,952
Oh, look at the
red balloons!

1056
01:51:31,680 --> 01:51:33,719
Mind the bubbles, Evalina.

1057
01:51:37,769 --> 01:51:40,556
Mum, can Daddy come down
and sit in the other room?

1058
01:51:40,689 --> 01:51:45,267
No, no, he can't. He's upstairs asleep,
where you should be in about 15 minutes.

1059
01:51:45,402 --> 01:51:51,274
Seven, six, five,
four, three, two,

1060
01:51:51,408 --> 01:51:54,408
one...
Happy New Year!

1061
01:51:58,540 --> 01:52:00,579
There you are.

1062
01:52:01,167 --> 01:52:03,160
- Happy New Year, Evalina.
- Happy New Year.

1063
01:52:03,419 --> 01:52:06,254
- Happy New Year, Evalina.
- Happy New Year.

1064
01:52:07,131 --> 01:52:11,758
<i>Should auld acquaintance
be forgot</i>

1065
01:52:11,886 --> 01:52:16,465
<i>And never
brought to mind</i>

1066
01:52:17,600 --> 01:52:21,135
<i>We'll drink a cup
of kindness yet</i>

1067
01:52:21,270 --> 01:52:23,726
STUTTERHEIM

1068
01:52:23,856 --> 01:52:27,984
MASERU, 325 MILES

1069
01:52:37,203 --> 01:52:39,528
- In you go, Father.
- But why? I was just...

1070
01:52:39,663 --> 01:52:42,534
The locals told us you were
trying to get to Queenstown.

1071
01:52:42,666 --> 01:52:44,706
We're about to cover
that bit of road.

1072
01:52:44,835 --> 01:52:48,619
If we don't run into any trouble,
we can get you there in a couple of hours.

1073
01:52:48,756 --> 01:52:50,879
Well, great.
Bless you.

1074
01:52:51,008 --> 01:52:53,581
- You're going to the mission?
- Yes, that's right.

1075
01:52:53,719 --> 01:52:57,633
If it's not an emergency, I'd spend
the night in Queenstown, if I were you.

1076
01:52:57,765 --> 01:53:02,426
- Oh, I'm sure I can find a lift there.
- You might find black terrorists too.

1077
01:53:02,561 --> 01:53:06,309
- Here? In the Eastern Cape?
- Of course in the Eastern Cape.

1078
01:53:09,318 --> 01:53:12,817
Charlie, be quiet.
Sh.

1079
01:53:18,994 --> 01:53:24,949
2.30 AM. MASERU, 250 MILES

1080
01:53:27,669 --> 01:53:30,160
Get in.
Move up, Father, will you?

1081
01:53:40,849 --> 01:53:43,422
You still want to go
past Queenstown?

1082
01:53:44,477 --> 01:53:46,517
Let's go.

1083
01:53:53,528 --> 01:53:57,656
But why do you use a phrase
like "black is beautiful"?

1084
01:53:58,407 --> 01:54:02,073
Because black is commonly
associated with negatives.

1085
01:54:02,537 --> 01:54:04,410
"The black market",...

1086
01:54:04,538 --> 01:54:09,284
..."the black sheep of the family".
Anything which is supposed to be bad.

1087
01:54:09,543 --> 01:54:12,117
Then why do you
use the word?

1088
01:54:12,254 --> 01:54:14,543
Why call yourselves black?

1089
01:54:14,673 --> 01:54:18,208
I mean, you people are
more brown than black.

1090
01:54:18,344 --> 01:54:20,716
Why do you call
yourselves white?

1091
01:54:20,846 --> 01:54:23,384
You people are more
pink than white.

1092
01:54:28,312 --> 01:54:30,055
Precisely.

1093
01:55:01,052 --> 01:55:04,006
- Sure you want out here?
- Yes, this is fine.

1094
01:55:04,139 --> 01:55:06,511
Thank you very much.

1095
01:55:15,316 --> 01:55:19,184
I expected you three hours ago.
Hurry up. Hurry up. Get in, man!

1096
01:55:19,320 --> 01:55:21,360
It will be light soon.

1097
01:55:22,866 --> 01:55:27,195
- In actual fact, it does change you.
- What's changed me is getting here.

1098
01:55:27,328 --> 01:55:31,408
When I wasn't shit-scared, I was
standing in the cold, waiting to be.

1099
01:55:31,541 --> 01:55:33,450
Well, come on!

1100
01:55:49,934 --> 01:55:54,809
5.20 AM - TELLE RIVER

1101
01:55:59,568 --> 01:56:04,811
- When do you have to make the call?
- Ten o'clock. If I'm late, she'll go back.

1102
01:56:04,949 --> 01:56:08,946
And you'll end up in jail for ten years if
you're seen with me, so get out of here.

1103
01:56:09,078 --> 01:56:12,910
Look, there's Lesotho.
I'll get across.

1104
01:56:12,960 --> 01:56:15,557
Easy! Easy!
Don't get me nervous.

1105
01:56:16,835 --> 01:56:19,706
Shit, the bag's split.

1106
01:56:20,589 --> 01:56:24,456
In actual fact, it's turned out
to be a balls-up, hasn't it?

1107
01:56:25,177 --> 01:56:29,305
We've done all right. There must be
somewhere I can cross. Get out of here.

1108
01:56:29,431 --> 01:56:31,922
When you get desperate,
go to one of us.

1109
01:56:32,059 --> 01:56:33,553
Use Steve's name.

1110
01:56:33,685 --> 01:56:35,393
Power.

1111
01:58:01,480 --> 01:58:06,474
If there is no more rain,
there'll be places to cross tonight.

1112
01:58:06,610 --> 01:58:09,979
I can't wait till tonight.
I've got to go now.

1113
01:58:11,364 --> 01:58:16,359
- How far is the Telle Bridge?
- Nine, ten miles.

1114
01:58:16,495 --> 01:58:20,741
- You cannot cross there.
- I have a false passport. Maybe I can.

1115
01:58:20,874 --> 01:58:23,910
Is there someone we can trust,
who's got a car?

1116
01:58:24,461 --> 01:58:27,545
I trust me,
and I have a car.

1117
01:58:30,467 --> 01:58:33,437
You, master editor,

1118
01:58:33,620 --> 01:58:37,045
Donald Woods, escaping.

1119
01:58:38,224 --> 01:58:41,724
He's escaped from the law!

1120
01:58:47,900 --> 01:58:50,901
The Boers will
shit themselves.

1121
01:58:56,159 --> 01:59:00,737
You're going to make it.
The Boers will shit themselves.

1122
01:59:04,333 --> 01:59:07,120
Kruger will shit himself.

1123
01:59:10,464 --> 01:59:13,169
Vorster will shit himself.

1124
01:59:15,261 --> 01:59:18,345
Botha will shit himself.

1125
01:59:41,870 --> 01:59:44,788
- Well, I got you here.
- Where's the border?

1126
01:59:45,540 --> 01:59:47,580
It's down there.

1127
01:59:51,171 --> 01:59:53,923
- This will help.
- Thanks.

1128
01:59:54,466 --> 01:59:56,921
You must not
lose one page.

1129
02:00:04,142 --> 02:00:08,851
Someday, when things have changed,
I'll come back. We'll have a beer together.

1130
02:00:08,980 --> 02:00:11,186
I'll wait for you.

1131
02:01:10,999 --> 02:01:12,542
It's locked.

1132
02:01:14,169 --> 02:01:18,878
- Yes. - It should be open.
It's seven o'clock.

1133
02:01:19,258 --> 02:01:22,424
- Well, not quite.
- Jesus.

1134
02:01:23,553 --> 02:01:26,341
Oh...
Sorry, Father.

1135
02:01:27,265 --> 02:01:29,507
Oh, that's all right.

1136
02:01:29,643 --> 02:01:32,098
What are you doing
on foot, Father?

1137
02:01:32,854 --> 02:01:36,934
Well, a friend brought me here and
another's picking me up across the river.

1138
02:01:37,067 --> 02:01:40,186
I've got to get to Maseru
in time for ten o'clock Mass.

1139
02:01:40,320 --> 02:01:44,863
You'll be lucky. The rain's messed
up the roads over there very bad.

1140
02:01:50,163 --> 02:01:53,698
Put your bag in the cab.
I'll give you a ride across.

1141
02:01:53,833 --> 02:01:56,668
Thank you.
Very kind of you.

1142
02:01:57,170 --> 02:01:59,459
I'm Father Wo...
Curren.

1143
02:01:59,589 --> 02:02:02,673
- My name's Moses.
- Moses?

1144
02:02:06,262 --> 02:02:08,504
Yes, of course.
It would be, wouldn't it?

1145
02:02:11,017 --> 02:02:13,223
- Say goodbye to Evalina.
- But why?

1146
02:02:13,978 --> 02:02:16,813
- To be polite.
- Goodbye, Evalina.

1147
02:02:16,939 --> 02:02:22,693
Be good. If I don't have that dog at
my heels all day, I may make a cake.

1148
02:02:22,820 --> 02:02:27,446
- Thanks.
- Gavin, I've told you...

1149
02:02:27,575 --> 02:02:30,611
- Why can't we take Charlie?
- Because I say so.

1150
02:02:31,495 --> 02:02:33,986
- So long, Evalina.
- Bye-bye.

1151
02:02:35,291 --> 02:02:39,584
- As the Americans say,
"Have a nice day". - Get out.

1152
02:02:39,878 --> 02:02:41,207
Get out.

1153
02:02:41,338 --> 02:02:46,925
If I do make a cake, I'm going to put
marzipan on it so you won't eat any of it.

1154
02:02:49,888 --> 02:02:51,632
- You ok, Mum?
- Yes, fine.

1155
02:02:51,765 --> 02:02:55,514
- What sandwiches have we got, Mummy?
- We've got cheese and tomato...

1156
02:02:55,644 --> 02:02:58,645
- Bye-bye, Evalina.
- Bye-bye.

1157
02:02:58,772 --> 02:03:00,812
See you when we get back.

1158
02:03:04,319 --> 02:03:07,984
Evalina!
Evalina, I can't find my bat.

1159
02:03:08,198 --> 02:03:11,863
- Have you looked behind
the television? - No.

1160
02:03:11,993 --> 02:03:16,287
Go and give Evalina a kiss.
And tell Dillon to open the garage door.

1161
02:03:19,167 --> 02:03:22,501
- Don't get sunburnt.
- Yes, Evalina. Come, Charlie.

1162
02:03:22,629 --> 02:03:25,416
Charlie's staying.
Tell Dillon to open the garage door.

1163
02:03:25,548 --> 02:03:28,549
- Yes, Mum.
- Thank you, Evalina.

1164
02:03:28,676 --> 02:03:31,346
Charlie, sit.
Sit!

1165
02:03:31,846 --> 02:03:35,298
Dillon, Mum says to go
and open the garage door.

1166
02:03:35,934 --> 02:03:40,097
The master's still sleeping.
He had a bit too much to drink last night.

1167
02:03:40,229 --> 02:03:45,472
If there are any calls, just take the
number, and he's not to be disturbed.

1168
02:03:48,738 --> 02:03:51,739
Evalina, don't be cross
with me about Charlie.

1169
02:03:52,867 --> 02:03:57,529
He's just such a nuisance on the beach.
I can't read. I can't do anything.

1170
02:03:57,663 --> 02:03:59,703
He's always gone before.

1171
02:04:01,250 --> 02:04:04,833
Well, I'd just like a day
without him, that's all.

1172
02:04:07,214 --> 02:04:10,630
I'm sure he'll be good.
Won't you Charlie?

1173
02:04:27,192 --> 02:04:29,232
Goodbye, Evalina.

1174
02:04:30,779 --> 02:04:32,819
See you later.

1175
02:05:08,691 --> 02:05:12,855
The mother and children have
left the house in the car.

1176
02:05:13,154 --> 02:05:18,445
Take the Father here first, sir.
Hey, we are both in a hurry.

1177
02:05:18,576 --> 02:05:22,159
You're always in a hurry, Moses.
Fill in this form.

1178
02:05:22,288 --> 02:05:24,744
I never will understand
why it takes four days,

1179
02:05:24,874 --> 02:05:27,282
for a letter to get from
Queenstown to Maseru.

1180
02:05:27,418 --> 02:05:30,336
You gotta spend so much time
sitting outside your gate,

1181
02:05:30,463 --> 02:05:32,705
that's what the trouble is.

1182
02:05:33,549 --> 02:05:36,467
- The telex is working again.
- Good.

1183
02:05:36,594 --> 02:05:40,212
According to Fentor,
there's more rain heading our way.

1184
02:05:42,642 --> 02:05:44,848
We've got to check
our instructions.

1185
02:05:44,977 --> 02:05:49,224
Who knows? The security police might
be looking for a Lesotho postal inspector.

1186
02:05:49,356 --> 02:05:51,183
That's what takes
the mail so long.

1187
02:05:51,317 --> 02:05:54,982
Your security police got to read
half of it before they let it through.

1188
02:05:55,112 --> 02:05:59,489
You think we don't know what's going on,
but we know. We know.

1189
02:06:12,796 --> 02:06:14,836
Father,...

1190
02:06:15,299 --> 02:06:18,216
...you're a brave man to
drive with him. Good luck.

1191
02:06:18,343 --> 02:06:20,383
Oh, come on.

1192
02:06:31,648 --> 02:06:34,269
Is this your bag, Father?

1193
02:06:34,734 --> 02:06:40,607
Yes. It's, er... just some clothes,
shaving things and a Bible.

1194
02:06:40,740 --> 02:06:43,410
Yes, I thought I felt
a book of some kind.

1195
02:06:48,706 --> 02:06:50,746
Bless you.

1196
02:07:00,677 --> 02:07:02,716
Hello, Moses.

1197
02:07:04,722 --> 02:07:06,762
Yes, right.

1198
02:07:37,379 --> 02:07:40,214
Hey, Moses, Moses!
Stop!

1199
02:07:43,135 --> 02:07:45,128
Won't be long.

1200
02:07:45,262 --> 02:07:48,097
There's been some
trouble with the roads.

1201
02:07:48,223 --> 02:07:50,465
There's a message for you.

1202
02:08:01,737 --> 02:08:05,900
Donald, the important thing is
not to accept their restrictions.

1203
02:08:06,032 --> 02:08:10,410
That's why those kids in Soweto
refusing to be taught in Afrikaans...

1204
02:08:10,954 --> 02:08:15,948
...are taking chains off their minds that
no one will ever be able to put back.

1205
02:08:19,963 --> 02:08:22,002
I made it.

1206
02:08:40,817 --> 02:08:42,856
I learned it as a boy.

1207
02:08:47,782 --> 02:08:51,862
- So Daddy's been travelling all night.
- But why are we going to Granny's?

1208
02:08:51,994 --> 02:08:54,912
Oh, Mum,
I haven't got my pyjamas.

1209
02:08:55,206 --> 02:08:58,622
Your pyjamas are in the boot.
Because if he gets across safely,

1210
02:08:58,751 --> 02:09:03,045
he's going to phone us there, and we're
going to join him and fly to England.

1211
02:09:03,172 --> 02:09:05,580
But what's going to
happen to Charlie?

1212
02:09:05,716 --> 02:09:09,630
I left a note in the bedroom for Evalina.
She'll take him to the Bricelands.

1213
02:09:09,762 --> 02:09:12,763
But what's going to happen
to Evalina, Mum?

1214
02:09:15,476 --> 02:09:19,805
I don't know. Daddy left her
all the money he could find.

1215
02:09:31,491 --> 02:09:34,113
- Nothing?
- No.

1216
02:09:34,244 --> 02:09:36,913
Come on.

1217
02:09:43,837 --> 02:09:47,004
Hey! Hey!
Bless you, my son.

1218
02:09:47,507 --> 02:09:49,630
Wake up,
you sleepy Aussie bastard.

1219
02:09:49,759 --> 02:09:53,804
Jesus Christ! I'd given you up.
What the bloody hell happened?

1220
02:09:53,930 --> 02:09:57,133
- Moses, it's the right one.
- Good luck, Father.

1221
02:09:57,267 --> 02:09:59,722
- Thanks. The roads are awful.
- Shit, it's 8.30.

1222
02:09:59,853 --> 02:10:03,269
- Yeah, we've got to move.
- It took me two hours, coming down.

1223
02:10:03,398 --> 02:10:05,640
I was really pushing this thing.

1224
02:10:25,711 --> 02:10:28,249
Now, where is
that child's doll?

1225
02:10:28,756 --> 02:10:32,623
She'll never sleep tonight
if she doesn't find it, will she?

1226
02:10:45,064 --> 02:10:49,062
- We're never going to make it.
- We can't get stopped by the police.

1227
02:11:02,039 --> 02:11:05,490
Something very
wrong here, Charlie.

1228
02:11:24,561 --> 02:11:29,686
It's 9.15. I can't believe I've gone this
far just to turn round and go back again.

1229
02:11:37,991 --> 02:11:41,739
For God's sake, move them out of the way!
Please! Move them!

1230
02:12:12,608 --> 02:12:16,855
Excuse me. Can you tell me which is nearer,
the British or American Embassy?

1231
02:12:16,988 --> 02:12:21,614
We are a Commonwealth country, Father.
It's the British High Commission.

1232
02:12:21,742 --> 02:12:23,616
But which is nearer?

1233
02:12:23,744 --> 02:12:26,698
The British High Commission
is there on the right, past...

1234
02:12:26,831 --> 02:12:29,286
Thank you.
Thanks.

1235
02:12:37,716 --> 02:12:41,844
Excuse me. I have to see the
high commissioner immediately.

1236
02:12:41,970 --> 02:12:46,846
My name is Donald Woods, I'm the editor
of the Daily Dispatch in South Africa.

1237
02:12:55,776 --> 02:12:58,101
There's a Father Donald Woods...

1238
02:12:58,236 --> 02:13:01,273
No, no, no, no, no, no.
I'm not a Father.

1239
02:13:02,199 --> 02:13:04,950
An editor,
to see the high commissioner.

1240
02:13:07,621 --> 02:13:08,819
Yes, sir.

1241
02:13:08,955 --> 02:13:13,451
The high commissioner is in London, but
the acting high commissioner will see you.

1242
02:13:13,585 --> 02:13:15,624
Thank you.

1243
02:13:18,715 --> 02:13:20,589
Good Lord!
I'd no idea you were a priest!

1244
02:13:20,717 --> 02:13:23,124
I'm not, but I desperately
need to use your phone.

1245
02:13:23,261 --> 02:13:26,630
Please.
We understood you were banned.

1246
02:13:27,056 --> 02:13:29,096
I was.
Do I need a code?

1247
02:13:29,225 --> 02:13:32,677
No, no, you dial direct.
Would you care for a cup of tea?

1248
02:13:35,023 --> 02:13:38,226
I've come to ask your government
for political asylum.

1249
02:13:38,359 --> 02:13:40,103
Our pleasure.

1250
02:13:52,415 --> 02:13:55,416
Hello?
Oh, Donald.

1251
02:13:55,543 --> 02:13:59,161
Yes, that was good timing,
she's just arrived!

1252
02:13:59,296 --> 02:14:02,297
Well, she's just pulled into
the driveway, dear.

1253
02:14:02,425 --> 02:14:05,959
Wendy!
Wendy!

1254
02:14:06,387 --> 02:14:11,096
Donald, you haven't quarrelled, have you,
dear? She's got all the children with her.

1255
02:14:11,225 --> 02:14:14,510
No, no, you'd better not say anything.
She's just coming.

1256
02:14:14,645 --> 02:14:16,602
Oh, darling.

1257
02:14:16,730 --> 02:14:18,557
Hi, Gran.

1258
02:14:18,691 --> 02:14:22,309
It's Donald.
Isn't that a coincidence?

1259
02:14:23,612 --> 02:14:25,652
Go on, Mum.

1260
02:14:25,781 --> 02:14:27,820
Answer it.

1261
02:14:32,746 --> 02:14:34,573
Hello, Donald.

1262
02:14:34,706 --> 02:14:37,909
Wendy, I'm... I'm where
I expected to be.

1263
02:14:38,377 --> 02:14:42,160
- Come as quick as you can.
- He's there.

1264
02:14:44,007 --> 02:14:46,130
- Hello, Donald?
- Yes.

1265
02:14:46,259 --> 02:14:49,130
Donald, shall we still
make for the Telle Bridge?

1266
02:14:49,262 --> 02:14:52,762
Yes. From where you are you should
have good roads most of the way.

1267
02:14:52,891 --> 02:14:56,805
- Just hurry, before... just hurry.
- We're on our way.

1268
02:14:57,687 --> 02:14:59,596
I love you.

1269
02:15:00,231 --> 02:15:02,936
I'm a priest.
You can't speak to me like that.

1270
02:15:03,067 --> 02:15:05,356
Just hurry.

1271
02:15:05,987 --> 02:15:09,321
- We're going on an aeroplane.
- Now, all you kids go to the toilet.

1272
02:15:09,449 --> 02:15:12,153
- Come on, lads.
- Have you got any biscuits?

1273
02:15:12,285 --> 02:15:17,077
Regina, come along, quick. I don't know
what's happening, but we may need help.

1274
02:15:17,582 --> 02:15:20,417
- I'll drive you, dear.
- Thanks.

1275
02:15:41,397 --> 02:15:44,682
You'd have to overfly
South African territory,...

1276
02:15:44,817 --> 02:15:48,815
...and they demand that all planes
land in South Africa before going on.

1277
02:15:48,946 --> 02:15:54,153
Well, they can't stay here. They'd never
be safe from the South African police.

1278
02:15:54,702 --> 02:15:59,826
Look, we had hoped to fly to Botswana.
And the sooner the better.

1279
02:15:59,957 --> 02:16:03,123
- That's over two hours' flying.
- Could they force us to land?

1280
02:16:03,418 --> 02:16:06,088
They have no shortage
of military planes.

1281
02:16:07,756 --> 02:16:11,339
Well, my wife and children will be
at the Telle Bridge in a few hours.

1282
02:16:11,468 --> 02:16:13,544
We could be there
to meet them...

1283
02:16:13,679 --> 02:16:18,056
- In this rain? Impossible.
- They'll have to stay in a hotel overnight.

1284
02:16:18,183 --> 02:16:21,599
We'll telegraph to have
them met at Telle Bridge.

1285
02:16:29,486 --> 02:16:32,024
What's going on here?

1286
02:16:32,948 --> 02:16:36,482
I'm just taking the children
over for a little holiday.

1287
02:16:37,786 --> 02:16:40,241
- Are they all under eighteen?
- Yes.

1288
02:16:40,371 --> 02:16:43,041
You can put their
names on your form.

1289
02:16:44,834 --> 02:16:47,408
You picked good
weather for a holiday.

1290
02:16:47,545 --> 02:16:52,088
Well, they say the weather changes
every half-hour, so it might be fine.

1291
02:16:54,052 --> 02:16:55,760
That's for sure.

1292
02:16:57,055 --> 02:17:00,340
- Mum, you've got my birthday wrong.
- Never mind.

1293
02:17:09,275 --> 02:17:11,980
You haven't put down
your husband's name.

1294
02:17:12,111 --> 02:17:14,151
James.

1295
02:17:15,489 --> 02:17:16,900
Middle initial?

1296
02:17:17,950 --> 02:17:19,990
D.

1297
02:17:32,923 --> 02:17:36,458
- Have a good holiday.
- Thank you. Come on, boys.

1298
02:17:37,386 --> 02:17:42,427
I wish they'd get the signal straight.
They're trying to tell us something.

1299
02:17:42,558 --> 02:17:44,100
- I've got it.
- Wonderful.

1300
02:17:44,226 --> 02:17:46,302
Tell them not to leave
anything in the car.

1301
02:17:46,436 --> 02:17:49,852
- Here, dear, I found this.
- I never brought anything for the rain.

1302
02:17:49,982 --> 02:17:54,275
Darling, it's not much, but you can't go to
England with five children and no money.

1303
02:17:54,403 --> 02:17:56,442
Oh, Mum.

1304
02:18:07,123 --> 02:18:09,365
We must hurry.

1305
02:18:09,501 --> 02:18:11,992
- You will write to us?
- All right, Mum.

1306
02:18:12,128 --> 02:18:14,880
Be careful.
We love you.

1307
02:18:15,006 --> 02:18:17,295
Goodbye, Grandpa.

1308
02:18:17,509 --> 02:18:20,712
- See you soon, Granny.
- It suits you, Janey.

1309
02:18:20,845 --> 02:18:23,087
Look after yourself, Granny.

1310
02:18:43,951 --> 02:18:45,991
God bless you.

1311
02:19:00,551 --> 02:19:03,124
Mummy, it's running
down my neck.

1312
02:19:11,770 --> 02:19:13,893
- Are you all right?
- Yes, I'm fine.

1313
02:19:14,023 --> 02:19:16,596
- Is that too heavy?
- I'll manage.

1314
02:19:19,194 --> 02:19:21,234
Mummy.

1315
02:19:49,140 --> 02:19:51,180
Bruce!

1316
02:19:54,270 --> 02:19:56,310
Daddy!
Daddy!

1317
02:20:06,616 --> 02:20:11,077
- I thought you'd never get here.
- Daddy, are we going in the plane?

1318
02:20:16,042 --> 02:20:18,081
Welcome to exile.

1319
02:20:22,798 --> 02:20:25,669
Listen, look after your kids.
I must phone in that scoop.

1320
02:20:25,801 --> 02:20:28,719
- I'll make you a hero.
- Right, I'll pay you later.

1321
02:20:29,096 --> 02:20:31,136
What with?

1322
02:20:34,810 --> 02:20:39,140
Here is the 12 o'clock news.
An Australian news report has stated

1323
02:20:39,273 --> 02:20:42,642
that the banned editor of the
Daily Dispatch, Donald Woods,

1324
02:20:42,776 --> 02:20:47,485
has escaped into Lesotho by swimming
the flooded Telle River by night.

1325
02:21:09,469 --> 02:21:13,514
Now this is a moment you'll want
to remember. Look happy!

1326
02:21:14,474 --> 02:21:16,431
Now get outta here.

1327
02:21:16,560 --> 02:21:18,386
- Mr. Woods...
- Donald...

1328
02:21:18,520 --> 02:21:21,521
- Jane, make sure my bag is safe.
- Mr. Woods!

1329
02:21:24,484 --> 02:21:28,861
The South African government have told
Lesotho they refuse transit for the plane.

1330
02:21:28,989 --> 02:21:32,358
And they say they'll force it down
with jets if you fly anyway.

1331
02:21:32,492 --> 02:21:36,703
I think they're bluffing. With all the
media attention, it would look very bad.

1332
02:21:36,830 --> 02:21:40,614
They don't give a stuff about
the press. They've shown that.

1333
02:21:40,750 --> 02:21:44,415
- Have we got a chance?
- Yeah, Ritchie's a clever pilot.

1334
02:21:44,546 --> 02:21:50,002
I'd say a chance. But the longer you wait,
the longer they have to plan something.

1335
02:21:55,264 --> 02:21:57,553
- If Ritchie will go, we'll go.
- Oh, shit.

1336
02:21:57,683 --> 02:21:59,427
Trouble.

1337
02:22:04,273 --> 02:22:07,108
- Good afternoon.
- Afternoon.

1338
02:22:07,234 --> 02:22:10,568
Mr. Woods, we've arranged
United Nations passports for all of you.

1339
02:22:10,696 --> 02:22:15,239
And the Prime Minister has decided I
should accompany you. We must hurry.

1340
02:22:15,367 --> 02:22:17,693
- Mrs. Woods, good luck.
- Get on that plane.

1341
02:22:17,828 --> 02:22:21,162
- Bye-bye, Bruce, take care.
- Send us a postcard!

1342
02:22:24,585 --> 02:22:27,372
We hope that these passports
and my being here,

1343
02:22:27,504 --> 02:22:30,754
might make the South Africans
hesitate, but we're not sure.

1344
02:22:30,883 --> 02:22:33,837
- But it's the best we can offer.
- Everyone strapped in?

1345
02:22:33,969 --> 02:22:37,420
A friend of Steve Biko's
is a friend of ours.

1346
02:23:16,553 --> 02:23:21,511
How long before we're o... How long
before we're over South African territory?

1347
02:23:21,641 --> 02:23:23,680
About 30 seconds.

1348
02:23:24,352 --> 02:23:28,599
I won't be going where they expect me,
but they'll expect that too.

1349
02:23:39,826 --> 02:23:42,743
Roger, hang on.
They've picked up the flight.

1350
02:23:42,870 --> 02:23:45,242
They're demanding to know
who's on board.

1351
02:23:45,373 --> 02:23:48,290
McElrea thinks we must
give them some answer.

1352
02:23:51,712 --> 02:23:57,585
Tell them one Lesotho official and seven
holders of United Nations passports.

1353
02:24:00,095 --> 02:24:02,135
Mac!

1354
02:24:30,334 --> 02:24:33,916
- Have you heard the news?
- Remember we're on the phone.

1355
02:24:34,046 --> 02:24:38,257
Yes, I know, I know. But tell me,
what are your sources telling you?

1356
02:24:38,383 --> 02:24:41,550
The schoolchildren in
Soweto are on strike,...

1357
02:24:43,096 --> 02:24:46,797
...citing something called
black consciousness.

1358
02:24:47,559 --> 02:24:50,310
They have refused
to study Afrikaans,...

1359
02:24:50,437 --> 02:24:55,811
...refused to be trained simply
as servants to the system.

1360
02:24:57,110 --> 02:25:00,335
The name... Biko...

1361
02:25:00,700 --> 02:25:04,085
...has been uttered
here and there.

1362
02:25:04,120 --> 02:25:06,903
It's the beginning
of the end, Donald.

1363
02:25:07,036 --> 02:25:10,951
Change the way people think,
and things will never be the same.

1364
02:25:12,542 --> 02:25:15,958
- What's the government's reaction?
- Tense.

1365
02:25:16,921 --> 02:25:20,124
Troops have been sent
in to restore order.

1366
02:25:20,258 --> 02:25:22,464
Hell, they're kids.

1367
02:25:24,804 --> 02:25:28,338
They may shout a little bit,
break a few windows, but...

1368
02:27:13,369 --> 02:27:15,575
Now, stop!
Stop right there!

1369
02:27:16,622 --> 02:27:19,457
This is an illegal gathering.

1370
02:27:19,583 --> 02:27:24,292
I am giving you three minutes
to disperse. Go home. Go home!

1371
02:27:25,381 --> 02:27:27,420
I'm warning you.

1372
02:27:32,679 --> 02:27:35,135
- Sergeant.
- Get ready to fire!

1373
02:27:35,265 --> 02:27:37,305
I'm warning you.

1374
02:27:39,937 --> 02:27:42,344
I'm warning you.
Sergeant!

1375
02:27:42,481 --> 02:27:43,939
Fire!

1376
02:29:43,141 --> 02:29:45,466
MORE THAN 700
SCHOOLCHILDREN WERE KILLED

1377
02:29:45,894 --> 02:29:48,895
IN THE SOWETO DISTURBANCES
THAT BEGAN ON 16TH JUNE, 1976,

1378
02:29:49,189 --> 02:29:51,146
AND OVER 4,000
WERE WOUNDED.

1379
02:29:51,274 --> 02:29:55,651
But you, the black child,
smart or dumb,...

1380
02:29:56,446 --> 02:30:00,574
...you are born into this,
and smart or dumb,...

1381
02:30:02,410 --> 02:30:04,450
...you'll die in it.

1382
02:30:43,867 --> 02:30:49,651


1383
02:30:50,844 --> 02:30:55,232
BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT IN 1962
THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT

1384
02:30:55,579 --> 02:30:58,892
LEGALISED IMPRISONMENT
WITHOUT TRIAL.

1385
02:30:59,313 --> 02:31:03,331
SINCE THAT TIME, THE FOLLOWING
ARE THE OFFICIAL EXPLANATIONS

1386
02:31:03,640 --> 02:31:07,249
FOR ALL KNOWN DEATHS
IN DETENTION: