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 * Yesterday directed by Darrell James Roodt **

**About the Film**

Yesterday lives in Rooihoek, a remote village in South Africa's Zululand. Her everyday life is not easy but she takes great joy in her seven-year-old daughter, Beauty. The unsteadiness of Yesterday's life is thrown when she is diagnosed with AIDS and must journey afar to understand and confront her illness. Yesterday's key driving force is Beauty, who is a year away from starting school and so Yesterday sets herself the goal of living long enough to see Beauty start school. From Femail - []


 * About the Director **

Biography: South African filmmaker/screenwriter "Darrell Roodt" made an international name for himself with his debut feature "A Place of Weeping" (1986), a passionate condemnation of apartheid. Educated at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, he gained further acclaim for "The Stick" (1988), another look at the anti-apartheid struggle. In 1990, he made his first film with American backing, "Jobman" (1990). Roodt's best-known film is his adaptation of the anti-apartheid stage musical "Sarafina!" (1992) starring "Whoopi Goldberg". He has since alternated between making films in Hollywood and South Africa. All Movie Guide - []

Author's website: Author information on Wikipedia: [] Additional biographical information: HBO Interview with Darrell Roodt - []


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