Life and Death of Steve Biko

Synopsis: A portrait of South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko seen through the eyes of family and friends. During interrogation Biko suffered head injuries; no treatment was given and after five days he was driven 700 miles, naked and manacled. He died shortly after arrival in Pretoria, unattended. Includes an interview with his widow who claims that the offical cause of death, a hunger strike, could not have killed him so quickly.
Series: World in Action, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Film; Video
Technical information: Black-and-white / Sound
Year of production: 1978
Notes: Broadcast on ITV on 3/10/1977.
Also available on a World in Action compilation DVD entitled WORLD IN ACTION VOL 1
Subjects: History; Politics & government
Keywords: apartheid; biographies; civil rights movements; South Africa; Biko, Steve

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