Catch a Fire (film)

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Catch A Fire

Directed by	Phillip Noyce
Produced by	Tim Bevan
Written by	Shawn Slovo
Starring	Derek Luke Tim Robbins Bonnie Henna
Distributed by	Focus Features
Release date(s)	October 27, 2006
Running time	98 min
Language	Afrikaans/Zulu/English
Budget	$14 million
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Catch a Fire is a 2006 dramatic thriller about terrorism and freedom fighters in apartheid-era South Africa, based on a true story.

The film revolves around a policeman, Nic Vos, played by Tim Robbins, and Patrick Chamusso, a young, apolitical man (played by Derek Luke) who is accused of carrying out an attack against the government. Vos is charged with locating the perpetrators of a recent bomb attack - Patrick is unwittingly swept into this investigation.

As a result of how Patrick, his wife (played by Bonnie Henna), and family are mistreated and abused by Vos and the police in general, he joins the African National Congress and becomes exactly what Vos had initially accused him of being. The screenplay was written by Shawn Slovo. Slovo's father, Joe Slovo appears as a character in the film.

The film was shot on location in South Africa and Mozambique.