Catch a Fire (film)

Catch a Fire
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Phillip Noyce
Written by	Shawn Slovo
Produced by	Tim Bevan Eric Fellner Anthony Minghella Robyn Slovo
Starring	Tim Robbins Derek Luke Bonnie Henna
Cinematography	Ron Fortunato Garry Phillips
Edited by	Jill Bilcock
Music by	Philip Miller
Production companies	StudioCanal Working Title Films Mirage Enterprises
Distributed by	Focus Features (United States) StudioCanal (France)[1] Universal Pictures (International)
Release dates	27 October 2006 (2006-10-27) (US) 23 March 2007 (2007-03-23) (UK)
Running time	101 minutes[2]
Countries	United Kingdom United States France South Africa
Language	English
Budget	$14 million
Box office	$5.7 million

Catch a Fire is a 2006 biographical thriller film about activists against apartheid in South Africa. The film was directed by Phillip Noyce, from a screenplay written by Shawn Slovo. Slovo's father, Joe Slovo, and mother Ruth First, leaders of the South African Communist Party and activists in the Anti-Apartheid Movement, appear as characters in the film, while her sister, Robyn Slovo, is one of the film's producers and also plays their mother Ruth First. Catch a Fire was filmed on location in South Africa, Swaziland and Mozambique.