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The Roy Faires Collection, no. 51 - Interview with Denzel Washington (1987)
Austin History Center
Sound | 1987 | Color | English

Categories:
1980s
Film Industry
Hollywood Stars
Interviews
The Roy Faires Collection
Austin
Travis County
Austin History Center
Texas Locations:
Travis County
Austin
In this footage from a 24 Action News broadcasts for Austin's KVUE-TV, Roy Faires interviews actor Denzel Washington about his film Cry Freedom (1987). Washington discusses the work of the person he portrays in the picture, Steve Biko, an anti-apartheid activist in South Africa. Faires worked as a special project director and entertainment critic/reporter at KVUE-TV, Austin's ABC affiliate, from 1976-1989.
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