'' Yesterday '' is a 2004 South African movie written and directed by Darrell Roodt . It 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 . The film tells a story of a young mother , Yesterday ( Leleti Khumalo ) , who discovers she has AIDS . Her husband , a migrant mine laborer , rejected her despite being the one that infected her . Her ambition becomes to live long enough to see her daughter , Beauty , go to school . This film is the first commercial feature-length production in Zulu
77th Academy Awards
77th Academy Awards
Yesterday (2004 film)