Competing in the 2005 Academy Awards, this film lost to Mar Adentro (The Sea Inside). In this case, it really was a honor being nominated against such a fantastic film. It lost against the same film at the Independent Spirit Awards, where it also had to compete against Pedro Almodóvar's Mala educación (Bad Education. This is prestigious company, indeed. It won a couple of awards, nonetheless, and they were well deserved.
Yesterday (Leleti Khumalo) has to walk over two hours to see the doctor. Actually, to stand in line for several hours only to be told to come back next week. This is repeated until she finally gets in. One can scarcely imagine the sacrifice for medical care. Waiting six hours in the emergency room last week for my wife to be seen by a doctor, is a picnic in comparison.
She then has to deal with the shock that she, a faithful, married woman, has AIDS. She travels to Johannesburg to confront her husband (Kenneth Khambula) and gets beat worse than Rihanna for her troubles. He finally has to face his problem, but does not have her strength to fight it. And, does she have strength. Fighting her own disease, she also fights the superstition of the village and the lack of medical resources for her husband. A brave woman indeed! A beautiful film in all respects.
Yesterday (Leleti Khumalo) has to walk over two hours to see the doctor. Actually, to stand in line for several hours only to be told to come back next week. This is repeated until she finally gets in. One can scarcely imagine the sacrifice for medical care. Waiting six hours in the emergency room last week for my wife to be seen by a doctor, is a picnic in comparison.
She then has to deal with the shock that she, a faithful, married woman, has AIDS. She travels to Johannesburg to confront her husband (Kenneth Khambula) and gets beat worse than Rihanna for her troubles. He finally has to face his problem, but does not have her strength to fight it. And, does she have strength. Fighting her own disease, she also fights the superstition of the village and the lack of medical resources for her husband. A brave woman indeed! A beautiful film in all respects.