Pili movie focuses on the universal aim for a better life
UNAIDS - "Carrying a hoe over her shoulder as she ambles along a dirt road, Pili, a young Tanzanian woman, eyes an empty market stall. Talking to her friend while clearing a field, she says, “Digging all day, fighting for money, I can't do this my whole life.” - So begins the movie Pili, which focuses on a single mother with two children trying to make a better life for herself and her family.
Farm work pays less than US$ 2 a day and the 25-year-old has a hard time keeping up with childcare, school supplies and medical check-ups. Pili lives with HIV and struggles to keep her HIV status a secret. She fears stigma and is scared that she will not get a loan to pay for the market stall she dreams of renting.
The movie premiered in September 2017 and then played in Geneva, Switzerland, as part of the World AIDS Day celebrations on 1 December. It won two awards at the Dinard British Film Festival and was part of the official selection at the Pan African Film and Arts Festival. The movie will be screened in British cinemas in the first half of 2018, with all the proceeds being given to the Miono community." (Photo: UNAIDS)