Cry Freedom Page #5

I... where...

where are they going to work?

In the newsroom.

Does this Biko practise

black magic as well?

I'm not sure, but I think

this is worth a try.

They'll cover the real black news.

Things we've never reported.

It's not illegal,

and it'll bring new readers.

The white readership

will be delighted.

And when they start ranting on

about black consciousness... Sh*t!

Yeah. Just remember my blue pencil

still determines what goes in this paper.

Yes, of course it does.

Yes, boss.

- Ken.

- Yeah?

You like football, don't you?

And sure...

sure as hell,...

...he's paying people to stir

up trouble between us.

Because when we fight

amongst ourselves, he can say;

"See? They aren't fit

to run their own lives!"

Then he can go on

telling us where to live,

and how to live.

He can pay us nothing,

and pass his laws without

listening to one word we say.

And, remember,

they killed

over 400 black

students last year.

We've got to

stick together.

As one people, we have to

make the white man know

that his free ride on the

back of black labour

is over, finished.

Now... now we've got

a surprise for you.

He's a little modest...

...but you listen to

what he has to say.

Listen, people.

This is the biggest illegal

gathering I've ever seen.

I heard what the last speaker

had to say... and I agree.

We are going to

change South Africa.

All we've got to decide is

the best way to do that.

And as angry as we

have the right to be,...

...let us remember...

that we are in this

struggle to kill the idea...

...that one kind of man is

superior to another kind of man.

And killing that idea is not

dependent on the white man.

We must stop looking to

him to give us something.

We have to fill the black community

with our own pride.

We have to teach our

children black history,...

...tell them about our black heroes,

our black culture,...

...so they don't face the white

man believing they are inferior.

Then... we'll stand up to him

any way he chooses.

Conflict if he likes,

but with an open hand too,...

...to say that we can all build

a South Africa worth living in.

A South Africa for equals...

black or white.

A South Africa as beautiful

as this land is,...

...as beautiful as we are.

That's the one who

made the speech.

Sit down.

You know I don't advocate

violence, De Wet,...

...but don't make the mistake of

treating me without respect.

Don't tell me

what to do, Kaffir.

Out of your banning area?

Talking to a crowd?

You won't be a witness

at that trial.

You'll be up there on the

stand with your friends.

Inciting racial hatred.

On whose words?

Hm? What's his name?

Captain De Wet, you are not going

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