24 Sep 2008
The Class
Teacher and novelist François Bégaudeau plays a version of himself as he negotiates a year with his racially mixed students from a tough Parisian neighborhood.
Yesterday
Powerless to change the past . . . She lived to change the future.
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.
Top Billed Cast
Leleti Khumalo Yesterday
Kenneth Khambula Yesterday's husband
Lihle Mvelase Beauty (Yesterday's daughter)
Camilla Walker Clinic Doctor
Mmamputhi Khasu Village Woman
Charmaine Kweyama Village Woman
Aletta Majola Road Worker
Elliot Makhubo Taxi Driver
Jacob Makgoba Man at Clinic
Harriet Lenabe Tall Teacher
Thandi Matshoba Sangoma at Hospital
Tinah Mnumzana Matron
Mmoni Moabi Short Teacher
Matthew Monika Security Guard
Winnie Ntshaba Village Woman
Nandi Nyembe Sangoma in Village
Kgomotso Rantao Jik Woman
Thembi Tshabalala Old Woman
Adelaide Tshabalala Road Worker
Nomsa Xaba Village Woman
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