free film about HIV in Africa

As part of Science in the Cinema - free film and discussion series, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Science Education (OSE) sponsors the film "Yesterday" about HIV in Africa.

Date: July 8
Time: 7:00 - 9:30 p.m.
Location: AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, Silver Spring, MD
Guest Speaker: Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health

NOTE: Filmed in Zulu language -- will be shown with English subtitles

Darrell James Roodt directs this heartfelt drama, the first Zulu-language film to be released internationally. Struggling to raise her daughter in a poor African village, Yesterday (Leleti Khumalo) finds the odds stacked against her when she learns that she's HIV positive. With her husband in denial, Yesterday must somehow find the strength to go on, determined to live just long enough to see her daughter go to school.

Rating: Rate R for pervasive strong violence.

More Information: http://science.education.nih.gov/cinema