I've frequently claimed to live vicariously through the films I've seen. While that may be true for some, there's no way I can fully comprehend the story nor insert myself into 1987's "Cry Freedom." I ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa will open a new inquest into the 1977 death in police custody of iconic anti-apartheid figure Steve Biko, state prosecutors said Wednesday. The inquest will be ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African leaders are marking the 40th anniversary of the death of Steve Biko, the anti-apartheid activist and black consciousness leader who died in police custody after being ...

Argus / SOWETAN/THE SOWETAN/AFP via Gett JOHANNESBURG, South Africa— “September ’77, Port Elizabeth weather fine. It was business as usual, in police room 619,” go the opening lines of singer Peter ...

Richard Attenborough’s 1987 drama about the murder of South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko (played by Denzel Washington, in one of his first major film roles) launches the fall semester of ...