| Release Date | 02 September 2006 |
| US Box Office | $4,000,000 |
| Tagline | This Fall stand for something |
| Genre | Drama, History, Thriller, Biography |
| Country | FranceUKSouth AfricaUSA |
| Filming Locations | Cape Town, South Africa |
| Language | English, Afrikaans, Zulu, Portuguese |
| Sound Mix | Dolby Digital, DTS |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Political Thriller, Biopic [feature] |
| Themes | Terrorism, Switching Sides, Political Unrest, Totalitarian States, Keeping a Secret |
| Tones | Confrontational, Forceful, Intimate, Ironic, Compassionate |
Catch a Fire is a 2006 dramatic thriller 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, produced the film and plays their mother Ruth First. Catch a Fire was shot on location in South Africa, Swaziland and Mozambique.