In light of this year’s World AIDS Day, the SABC will be broadcasting a heart-rendering drama titled Yesterday at 20:30 on 1 December 2020. The film is centred around Yesterday (played by Leleti Khumalo), she lives in Rooihoek, a remote village in South Africa’s Zululand.
Her everyday life is not easy- there is little money, no modern conveniences, and her husband is away in Johannesburg working as a miner but she possesses a sunny nature and takes great joy in her seven-year-old daughter.
Yesterday’s life is suddenly threatened when she is diagnosed with AIDS and must journey afar to understand and confront her illness. Produced by Anant Singh and Helena Spring, the film is an eloquent film that quietly builds an overwhelming emotional force and is the first film ever made in the Zulu language.
Yesterday was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 77th Academy Awards. It also won Best Sound and Best Editing at the inaugural edition of the Africa Movie Academy Awards.
