Have You Seen Drum Recently?

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Have You Seen Drum Recently?

1989

1h 17m

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In South Africa in the 1950s and 1960s, the magazine Drum chronicled the most important cultural happenings in the black townships laboring under apartheid. This documentary uses dozens of archival photographs to trace the arc of this vital journalistic resource from its inception to its forced decline. In the magazine's coverage of politics, arts and sports, it shines a spotlight on the early careers of influential figures such as Oliver Tambo, Albert Lutuli, Miriam Makeba and Nelson Mandela.

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Jurgen Schadeberg

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Miriam Makeba

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Can Themba

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Peter Abrahams

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Lewis Nkosi

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Richard Beynon

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In South Africa in the 1950s and 1960s, the magazine Drum chronicled the most important cultural happenings in the black townships laboring under apartheid. This documentary uses dozens of archival photographs to trace the arc of this vital journalistic resource from its inception to its forced decline. In the magazine's coverage of politics, arts and sports, it shines a spotlight on the early careers of influential figures such as Oliver Tambo, Albert Lutuli, Miriam Makeba and Nelson Mandela.

Director: Jurgen Schadeberg
Producer: Jurgen Schadeberg, Claudia Schadeberg
Screenwriter: Richard Beynon
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 12, 2017
Runtime: 1h 17m

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