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South African police snatch ‘Cry Freedom’ movie

ByLAURINDAKEYS Associated Press Writer JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP)— Police seized copies of "Cry Freedom” seven hours after the movie about a black activist opened in more than 30 theaters nationwide. The film had been approved by censors 30 minutes before it opened Friday, but police said two bombs, bomb threats and violent scenes in the movie proved that it was a threat to public safety. *7 was A Teen-Age Vampire” replaced the movie at the Northdiff Theater in a rich white Johannesburg suburb. Movie-goers arrived to find "Cry Freedom” posters being taken down and police ready to confiscate the film. “I never believed they would show it,” Richard Attenborough, who directed the movie, said in London.

“The overall reason for making the film was to tell people the truth about apartheid, and about how it struck both black and white South Africans.” Nomphdo Ndabula, 19, emerged from a theater in tears. *'1 was nearly heartbroken,” she said. “The people, especially whites, must see the film. They will see that the Mack man must have rights. They will see that blacks are people.” The Publication Appeals Board ruled Friday morning, for the second time, that the film could be shown. It said the movie, which depicts the death in detention in 1977 of young black consciousness leader Steven Biko, was biased against police but did not endanger race relations or state security. Gen. Hendrik de Witt, the police commissioner, declared in a statement Friday evening that the film “endangers the safety of the public.

the maintenance of public order, and will delay the termination of the state of emergency” imposed on June 12,1986. Minister of Information Stoffel van der Merwe said the government decided to override the board because the censors could not judge “the situation on the streets.” “The security forces are portrayed in such a negative light that their public image would be seriously undermined,” he said. “Whites are typified as privileged and surrounded by wealth, opposed to blacks living in great poverty and subjected to exploitation and repression.” Van der Merwe said those portrayals were not accurate. The movie, filmed in neighboring Zimbabwe, is based on two books by Donald Woods, ' a white newspaper editor who befriended Biko and fled the country after Biko’s death. Woods is banned in South Africa and it is illegal to

quote him, as actor Kevin Kline does in portraying him. But de Witt did not mention that point in ordering the copies confiscated under emergency regulations. Explosions, but no injuries, were reported at two theaters showing ”Cry Freedom. ” The blast at the Metro theater in downtown Durban occurred soon after police evacuated a multiracial crowd of 300 and the other was at Kings Cyiema in Alexandra, a black township outside Johannesburg. Theaters in Port Elizabeth, Pretoria, Durban and in Soweto, the largest black township near Johannesburg, reported receiving anonymous bomb threats. The censorship board approved the film without restrictions in November. It was to open in April but distributors withdrew it, asking for assurances no one would be prosecuted for showing the film. The

government made no promises. Stoffel Botha, home affairs minister, ordered the board this week to review its decision. The censors held a hearing Thursday and announced Friday morning the movie could be shown with a age restriction of 19. Van der Merwe told a news conference the movie was intended as an anti-South Africa propaganda insturment. “We don’t need that sort of internal disturbance and excitement from people like Richard Attenborough.” Police reported threats and violence at one theater but did not name it. There were no reports of such disturbances from journalists who joined audiences around the country. “I don’t think people will go out and riot because it’s about events we all know about,” said a black youth at the Kine Theater in Johnnesburg. He would not give his name.

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The audience of 200, most of them black teen-agers, jumped forward in their seats and hissed during the scene at the end in which white policemen open fire on marching Soweto schoolchildren in 1976. Sobs also could be heard. People sat with hands in front of their mouths. The hissing grew when the camera showed patches of blood on the children’s crisp, white school shirts. Several blacks sang softly along with the soundtrack of "God Bless Africa,” which many blacks consider to be their national anthem. Local man surrenders in shooting A 28-year-old Indianapolis man is in police custody after surrendering to officers Wednesday in the shooting death of another man. Albert Dorsey, 2700 block of North Adams, is charged with killing 21-year-old Herman Sessions, 2700 block of North LaSalle, who died from a gunshot wound to the chest. Dorsey’s preliminary charge of murder might be reduced because the victim barged into his home, police said. The shooting, according to witnesses’ statements, was a sequel to a fight involving acquaintances of both men. Witnesses said the fight broke out during a drinking session in Dorsey’s backyard. During a scuffle with a man identified as Ronnie Strickland, Sessions allegedly threatened to get Dorsey, even though he (Dorsey) was asleep at the time. Dorsey later went to a nearby liquor store and returned home to be confronted by Sessions, it was reported. Sessions followed Dorsey into the house. Witnesses then heard two shots. Sessions was found lying on the floor. Dorsey had left, witnesses said. Police recovered a rifle they think was taken from the house by one of Dorsey’s acquaintances. Homicide detectives are still seeking the man they believe killed 23-year-old Ronald Lee Dodd, 1000 block of Groff Avenue, last Thursday at a local tavern. Police have issued an arrest warrant for 22-year-old Jeff L. Davis, f 800 block of North Goodlet' Avenue. However, it’s suspected Davis left town, said Cpt. James Wyatt of the I PD homicide branch. It is believed he may have gone to a town in the southern part of the state, Wyatt said. Dodd suffered multiple gunshot wounds in the shooting at the Idle Hour Tavern, in the 3300 block of W. 10th Street. Witnesses told police Dodd approached Davis’ table and bent down as if to ask him something. Davis allegedly then pulled a handgun and fired several times at the victim. Police believe the two men had been involved in a previous altercation —K.L. —

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