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â€Å"Cry Freedom†: Chapter 1: Summary: Donald Woods is an editor of the Daily Dispatch, a journal in East London, South Africa. One morning he gets news of a police raid in the black township Crossroads which lies in Cape Town. He also gets photos of the raid and he decides to print them although the government doesn ´t allow to print such photos. Woods doesn ´t believe the demand of the black people but he is trained as a lawyer and doesn ´t like police brutality against black people. So he also writes an editorial about a Biko, the leadership of „The BCâ€Å". The next day Dr. Mamphela who works for Biko in his clinic, comes to Woods office to speak to him, about this article. She is very angry, because she thinks, that Woods has printed rubbish†¦show more content†¦Character | Quote | Conflict | Wendy * Donald’s wife * 37 years old * Play piano well * Slender * Vital body * More liberal politically than Woods | â€Å"From churches, abroad. From black people. Even some companies gave them some money.† | When she saw what the police was doing to black people, she convinced her husband to go to Kruger. As her husband, she is against injustice. When her husband told her about the book and that he had to leave the country, she cared at first about their children. She is a good mutter and she also cared for the security of Woods. | Chapter 4-5: Summary: In the black township, they eat with a black family. Biko, the family and are discussing about the system, the history how the white came to South Africa and how the black people got their bad situation which they have now. After this visit Woods change his mind, because he sees for the first time how worse the black has to live, how big their despair is but also how strong their togetherness stay. At the end of this day Biko and Woods become friends. Character | Quote | Conflict | Mapetla Mohapi * A black guy * Who took Woods to football match | As Woods looked at all those black faces, tired and unsmiling, he felt that the whole black world, which he had believed he knew so well, had a life he was totally unaware of. | He worked at the office where Woods work and he died during the story. HeShow MoreRelatedCry Freedom Essay1466 Words   |  6 PagesThis essay examines the film â€Å"Cry Freedom†, set in the late 1970s, which was directed by Sir Richard Attenborough in 1 987. The film was based on the true story written by Donald Wood, also one of the main characters in the film. The analysis will focus on the way the movie critically evaluates the political ideology that dominates the apartheid in South Africa. 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