Yesterday (2004)

Written and directed by Darrell Roodt

Yesterday is a 2004 South African drama film that tells the story of a young mother, Yesterday (Leleti Khumalo), who discovers she has AIDS. Her husband, a migrant mine labourer, rejected her despite being the one that infected her. Her ambition is to live long enough to see her daughter, Beauty, go to school.

This film is the first commercial feature-length production in Zulu. It was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 77th Academy Awards and won Best Sound and Best Editing at the inaugural  Africa Movie Academy Awards.

Watch the film here.

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