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Children of Drum (2017)

Children of Drum traces developments in South African journalism from the 1950s when Drum magazine covered the struggle against the racist Apartheid regime, to the political changes since then that have affected the current state of journalism in South Africa. The documentary begins with the work of pioneering investigative journalists and writers like Henry Nxumalo and Can Themba as well as photographers like Peter Magubane and Jurgen Schadeberg. It includes personal insights by other journalists who worked with the early pioneers and continued after them, like Joe Thlole and Juby Mayet, both of whom covered the Soweto uprisings in the 1970s. Children of Drum continues with journalists who are currently active in South African media, like Kanthan Pillay, Jovial Rantao, Thandi Gweba-Mthethwa , Andrew Meldrum, and Professor of Journalism Anton Harber. Periodically, dramatic clips are included from the feature film Drum by Zola Maseko that show the work of Henry Nxumalo and Can Themba. Interviews with recent graduates of Wits University School of Journalism are excerpted to show the work of young people starting out their careers in journalism. Finally, observations by the real children of the original Drum team are included: Prospero Bailey, the son of the old publisher Jim Bailey, and Josephine Nxumalo-Norward, the daughter of Henry Nxumalo.

Exhibition
Out of Africa Film Festival (11/2018)
Zanzibar International Film Festival (07/2018)

African World Documentary Film Festival (02/2018-05/2018)
Afrika Film Festival, Belgium (04/2018)
RapidLion-The South African International Film Festival (03/2018)
New York African Diaspora International Film Festival (11/2017)

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  • C.V.
  • Documentary Films
    • Bigger Is Better
    • Taiwan Pride for the World
    • A Big Fat Taiwanese Same-Sex Wedding Banquet
    • Double Dads and One Queer Teen
    • Taiwan! Let's Get Married!
    • Children of Drum
    • Coming Full Circle
    • Art Cart: Honoring the Legacy
    • From Leonard to Leona
    • Two Moms, Two Dads
    • Art Cart: Living the Legacy
    • Welcome to My Queer Bookstore
    • Envisioning Justice
    • Daughters from China
    • Arts and the City
  • Journalism Work
    • Gotham Gazette
    • Feet In Two Worlds
    • Videos for WNYC
    • Other
  • Scholarly Publications
  • Work by my students
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