what be cry freedom like . it be simply great and unique experience about make of south africa and how black people in that country be repress by white people . main character of the story be donald wood ( kevin kline ) and chief editor of the newspaper daily dispatch in south africa . wood write several article and where he speak critically about view of steve biko ( denzel washington ) . soon wood meet biko and he change his view about him and he also begin to understand what authority be do to black people in south africa ( right from the top and even from the chief of police ) . when biko die in police custody and wood decides that he have to write book about him and that no matter what he have to publish it . but wood must escape from his country to get that book publish and he must also put his family on second place and so world can find out the truth . attenborough manage to make a good movie about people and with main message that black and white be the same and cause we be all people . story lead u to south africa and this ( movie ) be great way for the whole world to learn what happen in that land and i be disappoint that only 3200 people rat this movie . this be movie from which we all can learn something . although it be a bit long and this story couldn not be present in any short way because director want to show u how hard be for wood to get that book publish after death of biko . also relationship between wood and biko be show great and just like family of those two people and all the problem they be go through . but sometimes sacrifice must be make ( biko death ) so the truth could be revel ( wood book ) .