Yesterday


1h 36m 2004

Brief Synopsis

After a young South African woman named Yesterday falls ill, she discovers she is HIV positive. When her husband learns of this he leaves her, leaving her alone to fend for herself and hope she survives long enough to see her daughter Beauty go to school.

Film Details

MPAA Rating
Genre
Drama
Foreign
Musical
Release Date
2004

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 36m

Synopsis

After a young South African woman named Yesterday falls ill, she discovers she is HIV positive. When her husband learns of this he leaves her, leaving her alone to fend for herself and hope she survives long enough to see her daughter Beauty go to school.

Film Details

MPAA Rating
Genre
Drama
Foreign
Musical
Release Date
2004

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 36m

Award Nominations

Best Foreign Language Film

2004

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Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Nominated for the 2006 Emmy Award for Outstanding Made for Television Movie by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

Winner of the 2006 Peabody Award from the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia.

Released in United States 2004

Released in United States on Video January 10, 2006

Released in United States September 2004

Released in United States November 2004

Shown at Venice International Film Festival September 1-11, 2004.

Scheduled to air in USA on HBO Network November 28, 2005.

First film to be shot entirely in isiZulu language.

Released in United States 2004

Released in United States on Video January 10, 2006

Released in United States September 2004 (Shown at Venice International Film Festival September 1-11, 2004.)

Released in United States November 2004 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival (Special Screening) November 4-14, 2004.)