Pili

Set in rural Tanzania, we follow Pili over four days as she has the opportunity to change her life. Pili works the fields for less than $1 a day to feed her two children while struggling to manage her HIV positive status in secret. When she is offered the chance to rent a sought-after market-stall, Pili is desperate to have it. But with no time to get the deposit together, Pili is forced to make increasingly difficult decisions with ever-deepening consequences. How much will she risk to change her life? The film is based on the stories of real women living with HIV/AIDS in the coastal region of Tanzania, with real people rather than trained actors and real locations such as HIV/AIDS clinics in which to stage the drama. (Pan African Film Festival)