Drum

Name: Drum
Director: Zola Maseko
Released: 2004-01-01

2004 film by Zola Maseko

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Released: 2004
, December 1, 2005
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1.Stated in Lexicon of international films
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Director: Zola Maseko
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1.Stated in filmportal.de
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Screenwriter: Jason Filardi
Cast: Taye Diggs
, Gabriel Mann
, Jason Flemyng
, Zola
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Runtime: 94 min
Genre: drama film
Country of origin: South Africa
, Germany
, United States
Original language: German
, English

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Drum is a 2004 film based on the life of South African investigative journalist Henry Nxumalo, who worked for Drum magazine, called "the first black lifestyle magazine in Africa". It was director Zola Maseko's first film and deals with the issues of apartheid and the forced removal of residents from Sophiatown. The film was originally to be a six-part television series called Sophiatown Short Stories, but Maseko could not get the funding. The lead roles of Henry Nxumalo and Drum main photographer Jürgen Schadeberg were played by American actors Taye Diggs and Gabriel Mann, while most of the rest of the cast were South African actors.

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Narrative location: South Africa
Title: Drum
Color: color
FSK film rating: FSK 12
Director of photography: Lisa Rinzler
Review score: 86%(April 20, 2025) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 7 critic review
7.3/10(October 6, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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