Arena

Season 1, Episode 384

Episode Title: The Fever

Air Date: 1990-09-29

Overview:

A new musical, Township Fever, is about to open on Broadway. Written by Mbongeni Ngema , the co-author of Woza Albert , it is vibrant and funny, but also quite shocking and controversial - because it goes right into the heart of the violence in South Africa. This Screenplay/Arena film explores how the musical was created and features striking extracts from it. A Distant Horizon production in association with BBCtv