“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.
Directed by Phillip Noyce
Written by Shawn Slovo
Produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Anthony Minghella
Box OfficeBudget: $14.0MRevenue: $5.7M
About Catch a Fire
Catch a Fire is a action, drama, thriller film released in 2006 exploring themes of police brutality, right and justice, resistance, south africa, apartheid, anc (african national congress). Directed by Phillip Noyce, it stars Tim Robbins, Derek Luke, Bonnie Mbuli. 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.