British Council Logo UK Films Database
Project Detail

Catch A Fire

Synopsis

Derek Luke portrays real-life hero Patrick Chamusso. Completely apolitical whilst toeing the hard line imposed on blacks by apartheid, Patrick is a family man, he and his wife Precious (Bonnie Henna), have two young daughters and he coaches a local boys’ soccer team in his spare time. Patrick’s job is as the foreman at the centrally located Secunda oil refinery, a symbol of South Africa’s self-sufficiency at a time when the world was protesting the country’s oppressive apartheid system.

Details

Year
2007
Type of project
Features
Running time
tbc
Format
35mm
Director
Phillip Noyce
Producer
Sydney Pollack, Debra Hayward, Liza Chasin
Editor
Jill Bilcock
Screenwriter
Shawn Slovo
Director of Photography
Ron Fortunato ASC, Garry Phillips
Production Designer
Johnny Breedt
Principal cast
Tim Robbins, Derek Luke, Bonnie Henna
Costume Designer
Reza Levy

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Working Title Films

5th Floor, Oxford House
76 Oxford Street
London W1D 1BS
UK

T +44 (0)20 7307 3000

Page updates

This page was last updated on 12th May 2025. Please let us know if we need to make any amendments or request edit access by clicking below.

Suggest amendments

See also

You may also be interested in other relevant projects in the database.

OH BOYS OH BOYS

Director: Antonio Donato

Year: 2026

In a coastal village obsessed with standing out, through flashy solos, fierce ping pong matches, and clumsy dates, a young saxophonist takes a different path. Official Selection Quinzaine des Cinéastes / Directors' Fortnight Cannes 2026 - World premiere

Comedy Drama
The Odyssey The Odyssey

Director: Christopher Nolan

Year: 2026

After the Trojan War, Odysseus faces a dangerous voyage back to Ithaca, meeting creatures like the Cyclops Polyphemus, Sirens, and Circe along the way.

Action Adventure Fantasy Literary Adaptation
A mixed race woman looks directly into the camera with her hands around her own neck, lying against orange velvet pillows. Choked

Director: Travis Alabanza

Year: 2026

Shakona doesn't always want to be treated so nicely, sometimes she wants to feel like the world does: chaotic. Yet she can't get her devoted and loving boyfriend Eddie to meet her needs, so she goes to where all good decisions are made, a hookup app. Just as it seems like Shakona is finally letting go, she has the chance to take power into her own hands...

Black Comedy Drama LGBTQIA+