You Don't Have To Wait Until World Aids Day To Watch "Yesterday"!

The South African movie "Yesterday" is a beautiful,poignant tale of a woman whose husband infected her with HIV. But, not only that it shows the major difference between traditional African village life & modern Westernized metropolitan life. Even the diagnosis of Yesterday's true condition differed depending on who she saw. The villagers sought the advice & healing powers of the village healer. When Yesterday came to see her, the healer told her that the root of her illness was anger. But, the doctor at the clinic told Yesterday that she had HIV. If watching foreign movies with subtitles doesn't bother you, this is one of the best ones out there!Here's more from the movie's press release:

"Yesterday is an appropriate film for World AIDS Day as it follows the plight of a rural woman called Yesterday who falls ill and discovers that she is HIV positive. Her husband, a migrant mineworker, refuses to accept her condition and she is left to fend for herself and her young daughter, hoping that she will survive long enough to see her child go to school. Yesterday's dilemma is not unusual in South Africa and these free screenings are intended to bring to the fore the struggle of HIV positive people, especially rural women."(END OF EXCERPT) Read the rest here: http://www.yesterdaythemovie.co.za/pr_11.asp




The video is a clip of South African teens talking about how AIDS has affected their environment.

Look At This Dude's Hair! Now That's A Creative Way To Show Support For Obama!

Now, I don't know about this one. I'm just glad that this is not my dude because this is going a little overboard. But, at least this hair design just shows how enthusiastic a lot of folks are about Barack Obama's win. Although you have some idiots who are filing bogus lawsuits that challenge Obama's U.S. citizenship. Read more about that here:http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/12/obama_citizenship_lawsuit_supr.html

2-Year Old Orphaned Boy's Nanny Is A Hero! She Saved Him From Mumbai Attacks!

When Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife, Rivka were killed in Mumbai by those heartless terrorists, a innocent 2-year old boy instantly became an orphan. It was a heart-wrenching experience for me to witness him scream out in anguish for his parents in this video. Oh,how terribly sad! But,what was heartwarming was to hear the story of how this boy survived. It was all thanks to his wonderful nanny who obviously really cared for this child. Here's more from CNN:

"The world knows her as the daring nanny who, clutching a 2-year-old boy, pushed past the havoc in a terrorized Mumbai and risked her life to keep the toddler safe.

But Sandra Samuel sees no heroism in her actions amid last week's terror attacks on India's financial capital that killed nearly 180 people -- including baby Moshe's parents, Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife, Rivka. She only wishes she could have done more.

"Even today, I am thinking I should have sent the baby and done something for the rabbi and his wife," Samuel told CNN in an exclusive television interview in Israel, where she now lives."(END OF EXCERPT) Read the entire article here:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/04/nanny.mumbai.interview/index.html