Catch a Fire
Austrailian director Philip Noyce's(Clear and Present Danger, Dead Calm) cast Derek Luke in this solid adaptation of the life of Patrick Chamusso, an a-political coal worker in 1980's South Africa. Tim Robbins plays despicable anti-terrorist agent Nic Vos who accuses Chamusso of bombing the refinery. If Chamusso was not a 'terrorist' at the beginning of the film, the tortur
e of his wife (Bonnie Henna) and friends makes him one. He joins the resistance movement and is jailed on Robben 
Island with Nelson Mandela only to be released when apartheid fell and all political prisoners were freed. The real life Chamusso received a standing ovation from the balcony. Solid performances by Derek Luke and Bonnie Henna. Filmed in Jo-burg. ****http://www.e.bell.ca/filmfest/2006/films_schedules/films_description.asp?id=71
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