![]() ![]() “But it’s not about being commendable, it’s about bringing change. “These guys are very modest, but to convert a concept like the ending of apartheid into a calculable action is imminently commendable,” he said. With the film debuting at time when there is global upheaval surrounding racial discrimination, Annan said the film not only contributes to the discussion, but also on Jenkin’s achievement. They even dressed me up in a prison uniform so that was very evocative.” Daniel Radcliffe and Daniel Webber, who portrays co-conspirator Stephen Lee in the film, talks with director Francis Annan on set. The whole experience being there was quite amazing. “ I’ve even been to lockpickers conferences. “I’ve never been allowed to forget the story, having rewritten the book three times and a documentary’s been shown of it and I’ve talked about it over and over,” he explained. The experience brought up old memories for the activist. ![]() Jenkin was present for the production of the film and makes a cameo as a fellow prisoner. I think he captured that pretty well and while some of the scenes are not a hundred percent accurate, but in a film like this you need to keep tension and it’s true to the narrative.” Daniel Radcliffe stars in the new film 'Escape from Pretoria', directed by Francis Annan. “But Francis had a difficult job because it was an escape that took place over a year and a half, and he had to summarise a whole lot of different actions into one little scene. ![]() “Of course, the individual scenes are fiction,” he said. According to Jenkin himself, the film remains accurate to the narrative. Jenkin wrote about the ordeal in his 2003 book Inside Out: Escape from Pretoria Prison, on which the film is largely based. ![]()
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