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Pili 12 rating

An HIV+ mother has a chance to turn her life around when she's offered a market stall, in Leanne Welham's extraordinary drama.

Drama 2018 81 mins

Director: Leanne Welham

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Overview

Pili lives in rural Tanzania, working in the fields for less than $1 a day to feed her two children and 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 only two days 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?

A unique collaboration between British filmmaker Leanne Welham and the women in the film, Pili is based on stories from the lives of its cast members (70% of whom are HIV+ themselves) and all locations such as the AIDS clinics are real.

Director
Leanne Welham
Featuring
Bello RashidNkwabi Elias Ng'andgasamalaSesilia Florian KilimilaSikujua Rashid
Genres
Drama
Certificate
12moderate sex references
Released
2018
Country
United Kingdom
Language
Swahili with English subtitles