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Based on the official transcripts of the investigation that followed after the very suspicious notorious death in prison of one of the most important leading men of the South African anti-apartheid movement, Steven Biko.
The Biko Inquest
1984 Directed by Albert Finney, Graham Evans
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UK
12 Sep 1985
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UK
01 Nov 1984
- TV
12 Sep 1985
- TV re-run
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12 Sep 1985
- TV Aired on Showtime
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We shall never know the contributions that might have been made by those whose lives were cut short by State power. One of them was Black Panther Fred Hampton, another was Steven Biko. Biko had organized raising black consciousness in South Africa, during the Apartheid regime. Once in Police custody, he was murdered. The announcement of his death caused such an outrage that the authorities had to assemble an inquest. This film recreates same. This dramatic retelling includes such excellent performers as Albert Finney. Would make a good double bill with THE TRIAL OF THE CATONSVILLE NINE (1972). Add to your watchlist.