"Cry Freedom" (1987)
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Washington’s role as real life South African martyr Steve Biko serves up several showy, impassioned speeches that helped land him his first Oscar nomination (for best supporting actor). It’s a credit to the power of his performance that the movie completely falls apart once Biko dies.
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