Sunday, July 22, 2012

YESTERDAY (2004) A

First Zulu-language film to be released internationally Watch this film if you want to know how lucky you are. 

Very, very, very painful, movie that deals with the epidemic of AIDS that struck Africa in the 2000's. Not for everyone. As I understand the medical aspects of the situation, George Bush (the younger), under the prodding of Christian missionary, groups pushed through legislation with the help of pharmaceutical companies that gave millions of dollars to diminish the horrible problem that was depicted so well in the movie.

 From NETFLIX:Struggling to raise her daughter in a poor African village, Yesterday (Leleti Khumalo) finds the odds stacked against her when she learns that she's HIV positive. But with her husband in denial, Yesterday must somehow find the strength to go on. She's also determined to live long enough to see her daughter go to school. Darrell James Roodt directs this heartfelt drama,


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