African Film Archive

Drum

2004 — Zola Maseko — South Africa, Germany, United Kingdom

feature · drama, biography · festival-era

Zola Maseko's first feature dramatizes the life of South African investigative journalist Henry Nxumalo of Drum magazine, set against the forced removals of residents from Sophiatown under apartheid, and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2004.

Fun fact: The project began as a planned six-part television series called Sophiatown Short Stories before funding constraints reshaped it into a single feature film.

Notes: Lead roles played by American actors Taye Diggs and Gabriel Mann, with a mostly South African supporting cast.

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Poster source: Wikipedia