Washington, D.C. Film Festival
- Catch a Fire
- Director: Phillip Noyce
Feature Film. 2006. USA. 107 min. Afrikaans, Zulu, English, Subtitled.
Starring Derek Luke and Academy Award Winner Tim Robbins. Written by Shawn Slovo and produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Anthony Minghella and Robyn Slovo. Executive producer Sydney Pollack. The film will screen at the 2006 Toronto Film Festival.
Catch a Fire is a political thriller based on the true story of Patrick Chamusso, an ordinary man forced to resort to terror in extraordinary circumstances. A story of one man's struggle amongst a nation’s, set in a divided South Africa in the nineteen eighties, climaxing in the present day.
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Official Website
- Showings
Thursday, September 14 at 6:30pm – National Geographic Society Headquarters
U.S. Premiere. Followed by a Q&A with director Phillip Noyce, actors Tim Robbins, Derek Luke, Bonnie Henna and other special guests.