Beat the Drum

Synopsis

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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Key crew

• David HicksonDirector
• David McBrayerWriter
• Ramin DjawadiOriginal Music Composer
• Klaus BadeltOriginal Music Composer

Cast

• Owen SejakeNobe Lebese
• Mary TwalaNtombi
• Clive ScottPieter Botha
• Noluthando MalekaLetti
• Junior SingoMusa
• Maurice CarpedeTumisho
• Tom FairfootStefan Botha
• Glen GabelaTeacher
• Seputla SebogodiJoe
• Nthati MosheshFrances
• Adelaide ShabalalaVillage Sangoma
• Dineo NchabelengThandi

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