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Thursday, January 18, 2007

A film in Zulu



I saw an excellent film tonight, "Yesterday." It was the first film ever made for an international audience in Zulu. It has been nominated for an Acadamy Award for best foreign film. The movie deals with the life of a South African woman named "Yesterday" who learns that she and her husband are infected with HIV. I was moved by the starkly gorgeous scenery, the heart breaking depiction of illness in the context of poverty and, most compelling, the strength, dignity and compassion of the heroine. Definitely worth renting.
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