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South Africa10 Essential Films from South AfricaStop 5 of 10

Life, Above All

2010

In a small South African town, a resilient twelve-year-old girl fights the shame, gossip, and superstition surrounding her family's illness to hold her household together. A moving drama about a community's silence around AIDS.

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Part of 10 Essential Films from South Africa

This film is stop 5 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through South Africa. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

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