Escape from Pretoria

About Escape from Pretoria

South Africa, 1978. Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee, two white political activists from the African National Congress imprisoned by the apartheid regime, put a plan in motion to escape from the infamous Pretoria Prison.

Escape from Pretoria is a 2020 history thriller film directed by Francis Annan. Daniel Radcliffe takes the lead as Tim Jenkin, Daniel Webber as Stephen Lee, Ian Hart as Denis Goldberg, and Mark Leonard Winter as Leonard.

Released in March 2020, it runs 102 minutes. Written by Francis Annan and L. H. Adams. Production companies include Arclight Films, Beagle Pug Films, and Enriched Media Group. The story is adapted from a novel.

Shelv files it under prison break, political activism, apartheid, and anti-racism. It streams on Lionsgate+ Amazon Channel, Philo, and Starz in the United States. It scores 7.2 out of 10 from 1,548 TMDB voters and it carries a PG-13 rating.

BlacKkKlansman, A United Kingdom, and The Best of Enemies make useful companions to Escape from Pretoria, all filed under 1970s and racism.