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Beat the Drum (2003)
Directed by David Hickson
Drama · 1h 54m
Young Musa is orphaned after a mysterious illness strikes his village in KwaZulu Natal. To help his grandmother, Musa sets out for Johannesburg with his father's last gift, a tribal drum, in search of work and his uncle. The journey confronts him with the stark realities of urban life, but his indomitable spirit never wavers; he returns with a truth and understanding his elders have failed to grasp.
Cast
Owen Sejake
Mary Twala
Junior Singo
Maurice Carpede
Tom Fairfoot
Glen Gabela
Seputla Sebogodi
Nthati Moshesh
Crew
- Director
- David Hickson
- Writer
- David McBrayer
- Director of Photography
- Lance Gewer
- Original Music Composer
- Ramin Djawadi, Klaus Badelt
- Editor
- Mark Winitsky
- Producer
- Richard Shaw, David McBrayer, Karen S. Shapiro
Details
- Release date
- 2003-10-10
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- Zulu, English
- Countries
- South Africa, United States of America
- Budget
- $2,000,000
- Box office
- $895