Drum

D: Zola Maseko, 95 min, German subtitles

South Africa/Germany/USA 2004

Discussion with the director

South Africa in the 1950s: "Drum" magazine is a hive of resistance against Apartheid. Sports reporter Henry Nxumalo knows that alcohol and jazz pubs cannot whitewash reality. He endangers himself and his family with reports on the terrible conditions on a farm and in prison. The film, which won the grand prize at FESPACO 2005, is based on real events: from 1951 to 1965, Drum was the most important voice of the black population at the Cape of Good Hope.