Cry Freedom Page #8

Seven, six, five,

four, three, two,

one...

Happy New Year!

There you are.

- Happy New Year, Evalina.

- Happy New Year.

- Happy New Year, Evalina.

- Happy New Year.

Should auld acquaintance

be forgot

And never

brought to mind

We'll drink a cup

of kindness yet

STUTTERHEIM:

MASERU, 325 MILES

- In you go, Father.

- But why? I was just...

The locals told us you were

trying to get to Queenstown.

We're about to cover

that bit of road.

If we don't run into any trouble,

we can get you there in a couple of hours.

Well, great.

Bless you.

- You're going to the mission?

- Yes, that's right.

If it's not an emergency, I'd spend

the night in Queenstown, if I were you.

- Oh, I'm sure I can find a lift there.

- You might find black terrorists too.

- Here? In the Eastern Cape?

- Of course in the Eastern Cape.

Charlie, be quiet.

Sh.

2.30 AM. MASERU, 250 MILES

Get in.

Move up, Father, will you?

You still want to go

past Queenstown?

Let's go.

But why do you use a phrase

like "black is beautiful"?

Because black is commonly

associated with negatives.

"The black market",...

..."the black sheep of the family".

Anything which is supposed to be bad.

Then why do you

use the word?

Why call yourselves black?

I mean, you people are

more brown than black.

Why do you call

yourselves white?

You people are more

pink than white.

Precisely.

- Sure you want out here?

- Yes, this is fine.

Thank you very much.

I expected you three hours ago.

Hurry up. Hurry up. Get in, man!

It will be light soon.

- In actual fact, it does change you.

- What's changed me is getting here.

When I wasn't sh*t-scared, I was

standing in the cold, waiting to be.

Well, come on!

5.20 AM - TELLE RIVER

- When do you have to make the call?

- Ten o'clock. If I'm late, she'll go back.

And you'll end up in jail for ten years if

you're seen with me, so get out of here.

Look, there's Lesotho.

I'll get across.

Easy! Easy!

Don't get me nervous.

Sh*t, the bag's split.

In actual fact, it's turned out

to be a balls-up, hasn't it?

We've done all right. There must be

somewhere I can cross. Get out of here.

When you get desperate,

go to one of us.

Use Steve's name.

Power.

If there is no more rain,

there'll be places to cross tonight.

I can't wait till tonight.

I've got to go now.

- How far is the Telle Bridge?

- Nine, ten miles.

- You cannot cross there.

- I have a false passport. Maybe I can.

Is there someone we can trust,

who's got a car?

I trust me,

and I have a car.

You, master editor,

Donald Woods, escaping.

He's escaped from the law!

The Boers will

sh*t themselves.

You're going to make it.

The Boers will sh*t themselves.

Kruger will sh*t himself.

Vorster will sh*t himself.

Botha will sh*t himself.

- Well, I got you here.

- Where's the border?

It's down there.

- This will help.

- Thanks.

You must not

lose one page.

Someday, when things have changed,

I'll come back. We'll have a beer together.

I'll wait for you.

It's locked.

- Yes. - It should be open.

It's seven o'clock.

- Well, not quite.

- Jesus.

Oh...

Sorry, Father.

Oh, that's all right.

What are you doing

on foot, Father?

Well, a friend brought me here and

another's picking me up across the river.

I've got to get to Maseru

in time for ten o'clock Mass.

You'll be lucky. The rain's messed

up the roads over there very bad.

Put your bag in the cab.

I'll give you a ride across.

Thank you.

Very kind of you.

I'm Father Wo...

Curren.

- My name's Moses.

- Moses?

Yes, of course.

It would be, wouldn't it?

- Say goodbye to Evalina.

- But why?

- To be polite.

- Goodbye, Evalina.

Be good. If I don't have that dog at

my heels all day, I may make a cake.

- Thanks.

- Gavin, I've told you...

- Why can't we take Charlie?

- Because I say so.

- So long, Evalina.

- Bye-bye.

- As the Americans say,

"Have a nice day". - Get out.

Get out.

If I do make a cake, I'm going to put

marzipan on it so you won't eat any of it.

- You ok, Mum?

- Yes, fine.

- What sandwiches have we got, Mummy?

- We've got cheese and tomato...

- Bye-bye, Evalina.

- Bye-bye.

See you when we get back.

Evalina!

Evalina, I can't find my bat.

- Have you looked behind

the television? - No.

Go and give Evalina a kiss.

And tell Dillon to open the garage door.

- Don't get sunburnt.

- Yes, Evalina. Come, Charlie.

Charlie's staying.

Tell Dillon to open the garage door.

- Yes, Mum.

- Thank you, Evalina.

Charlie, sit.

Sit!

Dillon, Mum says to go

and open the garage door.

The master's still sleeping.

He had a bit too much to drink last night.

If there are any calls, just take the

number, and he's not to be disturbed.

Evalina, don't be cross

with me about Charlie.

He's just such a nuisance on the beach.

I can't read. I can't do anything.

He's always gone before.

Well, I'd just like a day

without him, that's all.

I'm sure he'll be good.

Won't you Charlie?

Goodbye, Evalina.

See you later.

The mother and children have

left the house in the car.

Take the Father here first, sir.

Hey, we are both in a hurry.

You're always in a hurry, Moses.

Fill in this form.

I never will understand

why it takes four days,

for a letter to get from

Queenstown to Maseru.

You gotta spend so much time

sitting outside your gate,

that's what the trouble is.

- The telex is working again.

- Good.

According to Fentor,

there's more rain heading our way.

We've got to check

our instructions.

Who knows? The security police might

be looking for a Lesotho postal inspector.

That's what takes

the mail so long.

Your security police got to read

half of it before they let it through.

You think we don't know what's going on,

but we know. We know.

Father,...

...you're a brave man to

drive with him. Good luck.

Oh, come on.

Is this your bag, Father?

Yes. It's, er... just some clothes,

shaving things and a Bible.

Yes, I thought I felt

a book of some kind.

Bless you.

Hello, Moses.

Yes, right.

Hey, Moses, Moses!

Stop!

Won't be long.

There's been some

trouble with the roads.

There's a message for you.

Donald, the important thing is

not to accept their restrictions.

That's why those kids in Soweto

refusing to be taught in Afrikaans...

...are taking chains off their minds that

no one will ever be able to put back.

I made it.

I learned it as a boy.

- So Daddy's been travelling all night.

- But why are we going to Granny's?

Oh, Mum,

I haven't got my pyjamas.

Your pyjamas are in the boot.

Because if he gets across safely,

he's going to phone us there, and we're

going to join him and fly to England.

But what's going to

happen to Charlie?

I left a note in the bedroom for Evalina.

She'll take him to the Bricelands.

But what's going to happen

to Evalina, Mum?

I don't know. Daddy left her

all the money he could find.

- Nothing?

- No.

Come on.

Hey! Hey!

Bless you, my son.

Wake up,

you sleepy Aussie bastard.

Jesus Christ! I'd given you up.

What the bloody hell happened?

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