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Escape from Pretoria
2020 · Film · 102 min
Directed by Francis Annan
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.
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>Working in the woodshop, he crafted mockups of the large keys that could unlock the prison doors.
I got to here before realising this is the same guy portrayed by Daniel Radcliffe in Escape From Pretoria. Great film.
Jenkin Lee, depicted in the film "Escape From Pretoria" by Daniel Radcliffe, is the co-founder of the Community Exchange System. He wrote all the software for it. The film shows how he made keys out of wood to escape from prison (he was gaoled for printing and distributing anti-apartheid pamphlets). He trained as a Social Worker.