Cry freedom: Character - Donald Woods. (Describe a main character)

A main character in the film 'Cry Freedom' directed and produced by Richard Attenborough was Donald Woods. Donald Woods is a 41-year-old white Afrikaan editor. He is married with 5 children, 2 girls and 3 boys. They all live together in a huge mansion with a pool in the yard. They also have an African maid named Evelyn. He has greying hair, glasses and a cheerful personality. He also considered himself a white liberal. At the beginning Donald …

…he believed in Black Consciousness so strongly. For a while, at the beginning of the film, Donald Woods seemed like a rich, disrespectful white Afrikaan. Once he realised the injustice being done to the black Africans he changed. He tried to let the world know what was happening. The film portrayed Donald Woods as one of the only Afrikaans who cared enough to take a stand against what was happening to the Black South Africans