The striking and brutal realities of the students struggling for food, shelter and medication. Mimi's death from TB - and her illness unnoticed at first even by her closest friends - cannot but send a chilling chord in our modern world.
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Cast
19 people
Mark Dornford-May Director
Budget $5K · United States release May 16, 2015 · Production Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME), Propeller Film
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Budget
$5,000
Production
Arte
Production
Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME)
Production
Propeller Film
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Languages
Original language
Zulu
Spoken on screen
Zulu
Release dates
Germany · February 5, 2015
Theatrical
United States · May 16, 2015
Seattle International Film Festival
Australia
June 9, 2015 · Sydney Film Festival
Canada
October 1, 2015 · Vancouver International Film Festival
South Africa
July 19, 2015 · Durban International Film Festival
United Kingdom
June 25, 2015 · Edinburgh International Film Festival
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