Yesterday (2004)

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Director:

Darrell Roodt

Writer:

Darrell Roodt (writer)

Release Date:

3 September 2004 (South Africa)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Powerless to change the past . . . She lived to change the future.

Plot:

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. |

Plot Keywords:

Hiv Positive | Hiv | Teacher | Flashback Sequence | Ostracism

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Kenneth Khambula	...	Yesterday's husband
Leleti Khumalo	...	Yesterday
Harriet Lenabe	...	Teacher
Lihle Mvelase	...	Beauty
Camilla Walker	...	Doctor

Directed by
Darrell Roodt

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Darrell Roodt		writer

Produced by
Sudhir Pragjee	....	executive producer
Anant Singh	....	producer
Sanjeev Singh	....	executive producer
Helena Spring	....	producer
Daphne Williams	....	line producer

Original Music by
Madala Kunene

Cinematography by
Michael Brierley

Film Editing by
Avril Beukes

Production Design by
Tiaan van Tonder

Costume Design by
Darion Hing

Production Management
Scott Michael Nabat	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Taryn Collister	....	second assistant director
Michael Swan	....	second unit director

Sound Department
Ivan Milborrow	....	sound mixer
Jim Petrak	....	adr recordist
Jeremy Saacks	....	sound

Visual Effects by
Christopher Dusendschon	....	digital imaging supervisor: iO FILM

Camera and Electrical Department
Robie Fivaz	....	key grip

Editorial Department
Rika Camizianos	....	assembly editor
Rika Camizianos	....	first assistant editor
Catherine Pantazopoulos	....	final colorist

Music Department
Christopher Landers	....	music editor

Other crew
Avril Beukes	....	script editor
Carin de Kock	....	assistant coordinator
Carol Kruger	....	key production accountant
Kristy Ryan	....	promotions manager: Australia
Rebecca Thornell	....	script clearance

Production Companies

• Distant Horizon
• Dv8
• Exciting Films
• HBO Films
• M-Net
• Nelson Mandela Foundation
• Videovision Entertainment

Distributors

• Eurocine (2005) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Filmhouse (2005) (Mexico) (theatrical) (original subtitled version)
• Argentina Video Home (2005) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2005) (Argentina) (VHS)
• HBO Films (2004) (USA) (all media)

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive strong violence.

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

South Africa

Language:

Zulu

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Mexico:B | Singapore:PG | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Company:

Distant Horizon

Trivia:

The only film in history to be nominated both for an Academy Award and for an Emmy Award.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 77th Annual Academy Awards (2005) (TV)

An excellent film about living with HIV/AIDS in SA

Well, really just about living in Rural South Africa. Living in south Africa the HIV/AIDS pandemic (and governments response to it), can make one feel very depressed about the where South Africa is going. But this movie is quite uplifting. Yesterday faces a number of hardships already (she lives in relative poverty, separated from husband for most of year, no education), but she when she comes across another, HIV/AIDS, she faces it head on. She is determined to that her daughter will get an education. Because she has this to fight for, she stays positive. When the doctor comments on how well she is doing, she comments it is her mind that is strong, not her body. Mental strength is something needed all round SA in fighting the Pandemic. From patients, but also their communities, so that HIV positive people will find support rather than stigmatization.