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Catch a Fire is a 2006 biographical thriller film about anti-apartheid activists in South Africa. The film was directed by Phillip Noyce and written by Shawn Slovo. Slovo's father, Joe Slovo, and mother Ruth First, leaders of the South African Communist Party and activists in the Anti-Apartheid Movement, appear as characters in the film, while her sister, Robyn Slovo, is one of the film's producers and also plays…
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In the years following 9/11, as carnage in Iraq and rampant human rights abuses came to light, people began to question certain official truths about the Global War on Terror. Film-makers could no longer ignore these issues, and a number of films emerged that critiqued or rejected the entire concept. One of the first among these was "Catch a Fire," a 2006 biopic directed by Phillip Noyce. The script for "Catch a Fir…More