「3個反對種族隔離的自由鬥士」，「10道牢不可破的監獄鐵門」，「404天的逃獄計畫…」 真實越獄事件改編。提姆詹金（丹尼爾雷德克里夫 飾）和史蒂芬李是兩名反對南非種族隔離政策的白人。1978年，他們因為參加曼德拉非洲民族議會（ANC，簡稱非國大）反種族隔離行動，在街頭引爆自製「傳單炸彈」，被視為恐怖分子，並受到不公義的審判。他們被關到南非最惡名昭彰的普勒托利亞監獄，種族隔離政策就連獄中也執行的徹底，這是一座只關白人罪犯的監獄。在獄中，他們獲得前輩丹尼斯戈柏（伊恩哈特 飾）的相助，還結識了來自法國的李奧納，一同加入他們的越獄行動。提姆擅長木工，他仔細觀察獄卒所配戴的每副鑰匙，用筆畫下形狀，再用木頭打造成鑰匙，經過404天的精密計畫及準備，他必須連續開啟十道厚達三呎的鐵門，才能奔向自由……
The true story of anti-apartheid activists in South Africa, and particularly the life of Patrick Chamusso, a timid foreman at Secunda CTL, the largest synthetic fuel plant in the world. Patrick is wrongly accused, imprisoned and tortured for an attempt to bomb the plant, with the injustice transforming the apolitical worker into a radicalised insurgent, who then carries out his own successful sabotage mission.
In this story of a black policeman during South African apartheid, Danny Glover plays the cop, who believes he's trying to help his people, even while serving as a pawn of the racist government. When his son gets involved in the anti-apartheid movement, he finds himself torn between his family and what he believes is his duty.
South Africa, July 11th, 1963. Several members of the African National Congress, an organization declared illegal, are arrested in Rivonia, a country house near Johannesburg. The detainees, along with Nelson Mandela, imprisoned since 1962, are charged with serious crimes for their radical activism against the apartheid regime…
Since its adoption in June 1955 by the Congress movement, the Freedom Charter has been the key political document that acted as a beacon and source of inspiration in the liberation struggle against Apartheid. It was reputedly the main source that informed democratic South Africa’s liberal constitution and a constant reference point for the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and rival political parties that it spawned since 1994, all claiming the Freedom Charter’s legacy. Freedom Isn’t Free assesses the history and role of the charter, especially in relation to key political and socio-economic aspects of developments in South Africa up to the present period. It includes rare archival footage with interviews of a cross-section of outspoken influential South Africans.