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Steve Biko:
It's a miracle a child survives here at all. People are so desperate for anything they'll beat a kid bloody if they thought he had five Rand. But if you do run fast enough, if you do survive, you grew up in these streets, these houses. Your parents try, but in the end, you only get the education the white man will give you. Then you go to the city to work or shop, and you see their streets, their cars, their houses, and you begin to feel there is something not quite right About yourself. About your humanity. Something to do with your blackness because no matter how smart or dumb a white child is he is born to that world. And you, a black child, smart or dumb you are born into this. And smart or dumb you die in it
It's a miracle a child survives here at all. People are so desperate for anything they'll beat a kid bloody if they thought he had five Rand. But if you do run fast enough, if you do survive, you grew up in these streets, these houses. Your parents try, but in the end, you only get the education the white man will give you. Then you go to the city to work or shop, and you see their streets, their cars, their houses, and you begin to feel there is something not quite right About yourself. About your humanity. Something to do with your blackness because no matter how smart or dumb a white child is he is born to that world. And you, a black child, smart or dumb you are born into this. And smart or dumb you die in it
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It's a miracle a child survives here at all
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Most of the women who have work permits
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are domestic maids
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so they only get to see their kids
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for a couple of hours on Sundays
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The place is full of drunks and thuggery
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people so desperate for anything
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they'll beat a kid bloody
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if they thought he had five rand
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Was that kid you a few years ago
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Yeah
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Maybe more scared
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But if you do run fast enough
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if you do survive
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you grow up in these streets these houses
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Your parents try but in the end
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you only get the education
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the white man will give you
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Then you go to the city to work or shop
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and you see their streets
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their cars their houses
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and you begin to feel
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Movie Summary
South African journalist Donald Woods is forced to flee the country after attempting to investigate the death in custody of his friend, the Black anti-Apartheid activist Steve Biko.
Actors
Steve Biko
Donald Woods
