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Beat the Drum
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.
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Beat the Drum
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- Oct 10, 2003
- 1h 54m
- Zulu
- David Hickson
- David McBrayer
- Released
- $2.0M
- $895
