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Scottsdale International Film Festival: Drum

Scottsdale International Film Festival

October 6-October 10, 2006

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CLOSING NIGHT FILM Producer Chris Sievernich will be in attendance to present the film and participate in a Q&A. Sophiatown, South Africa, in the mid-50s: an interracial oasis of musicians, gangsters and hipsters; home to the likes of Henry Nxumalo (Taye Diggs), sportswriter for the magazine DRUM, and his friends, such as the charismatic young political activist Nelson Mandela. Nxumalo’s world revolves around the seductions of nightclub life—to the frustration of his otherwise adoring wife (beautifully portrayed by Moshidi Motshegwa). Everything changes when he volunteers for an undercover assignment as a farm laborer for a brutal white boss. His subsequent exposé of the appalling conditions he experiences projects him and the magazine – along with his editor and German photographer-sidekick, both white – into the front lines of the growing resistance to apartheid. Based on a real-life story, director Zola Maseko's impressive debut feature is a portrait of courage, interracial camaraderie and transcendence in adversity, superbly filtered through the tale of Nxumalo's transformation from hedonist to investigative journalist par excellence. ~ Mill Valley Film Festival Director: Zola Masekoi Country: South Africa/USA Year: 2004 Runtime: 95 minutes Awards: Ouagadougou Panafrican Film and Television Festival - Grand Prize, Zanzibar International Film Festival - FIPRESCI Prize Principal Cast: Taye Diggs, Jason Flemyng, Gabriel Mann, Tumisho Masha, Moshidi Motshegwa, Tanya Baleson Producer: Dumisani Dlamini , Zachary Matz, Matt Milich Chris Sievernich, Rudolf Wichmann Cinematographer: Lisa Rinzler Editors: Troy Takaki Shows: Harkins Camelview 5 - Tuesday, October 10 at 7:55pm

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  Tickets: VIP Full-Fest Pass (Only available before the Festival.) $150
  
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  Dates:
  October 6-October 10, 2006

  Times:
  Tuesday 7:55pm

• Venue Info

  Harkins Camelview Five Luxury Theatre

  7001 East Highland Scottsdale, AZ 85251

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  Scottsdale

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  • Assisted Listening System
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