After falling ill, Yesterday learns that she is HIV positive. With her husband in denial and young daughter to tend to, Yesterday's one goal is to live long enough to see her child go to school.
Acting
Leleti Khumalo carries every frame with devastating, wordless grace.
Direction
Roodt lets silence and landscape do the screaming.
Cinematography
Vast, unforgiving veld mirrors one woman's invisible battle.
Director
Darrell James Roodt
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Leleti Khumalo was already a South African icon from 'Sarafina!' — this role was written specifically for her after she approached Roodt about HIV stories.
First South African film to premiere at Cannes, it was shot in Zulu with no subtitles for international release — Roodt insisted audiences feel before they understood.
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