
Catch a Fire
The spark that ignites us, unites us.
Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Nominations
3 award nominations, including the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture (2007)
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Box office
Grossed $5.7M worldwide against a $14M budget
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Filming locations
Filmed in South Africa
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Setting
Set in South Africa
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Music
Music by Philip Miller
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Ron Fortunato
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Shawn SlovoScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 27, 2006
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $14M
- Revenue
- $5.7M
- Countries
- France, United Kingdom, United States of America, South Africa, Swaziland, Mozambique
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