Escape from Pretoria
2020 · 1h 42m · Drama, History, Thriller · Australia, Canada · Rated PG-13 (US)
Survival is key
South Africa, 1978. Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee, two white political activists from the African National Congress imprisoned by the apartheid regime, put a plan in motion to escape from the infamous Pretoria Prison.
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1970sanc (african national congress)anti-racismapartheidbased on novel or bookbased on true storypolitical activismpolitical persecutionpretoria, south africaprison breakracism
RatingPG-13 (US)
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