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Have You Seen Drum Recently?

Synopsis
A dynamic history of the South African ‘Drum’ magazine in the 1950s, reliving the changing South African political and cultural climate of the time using archive footage, extensive photographs taken from the magazine and contemporary interviews, mainly with the writers.
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 77 min.
Year of production
199
Availability
Hire; 1998 hire: £20.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Subjects
History; Media studies
Keywords
cultural influences; magazines; South Africa

Credits

Director
Jurgen Schadeberg

Production Company

Name

Bailey’s African Photo Archives

Distributor

Name

Arts on Film Archive, University of Westminster

Notes
Arts on Film Archive offers on-line access to a large range of films on art produced in the United Kingdom since the 1950s, and is a unique record of British and international post-war art, as well as of documentary film-making in the UK. In its first phase, the archive offers a complete database and an on-line video streaming of all 450 films made by the film department of Arts Council England between 1953 and 1998 and several films produced till 2003 by the dance Department of ACE. The collection is only available streamed to ac.uk domain addresses.

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