Beat the Drum 2003
- Director: David Hickson
- Based on book: no
- Cast: Junior Singo, Owen Sejake, Mary Twala, Clive Scott, Noluthando Maleka, Tom Fairfoot, Nthati Mosheseh
- Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
- Owen Sejake – Tsotsi
- Mary Twala – The Dark Tower, Life Above All
- Tom Fairfoot – Doomsday
- Why? Sounded good.
- Seen:13 December 2020
Young Musa (Singo) has lost both parents
to a dread disease and leaves his grandmother’s village to find his uncle in
Johannesburg and try to earn some money. He takes the drum his father had made
him and sets off.
The disease is AIDS. It kills, and people
deny it exists.
The film is interesting and pedagogical,
and the boy is appealing. There are touching moments, but it doesn’t grip as
deeply as it should. After slow and relentless grimness, the ending is
sugar-coated.
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