Powerlessito change theipast...She livedito change theifuture.

Yesterday - a spirited and healthy young mother living in a remote village in South Africa's Zululand - doesn't have an easy life. There's little money, no modern conveniences, her husband is away working in the mines of Johannesburg, yet she possesses a sunny nature and takes great joy in her seven-year-old daughter, Beauty.

The precarious balance of Yesterday's life is suddenly threatened when she is diagnosed with AIDS. She never had the chance to go to school and although her health is failing, she sets her sights on a single goal: to be with Beauty on her first day of class, along with all the other proud mothers.

Set against the awe-inspiring, harsh landscapes of South Africa, Yesterday is an eloquent, heartbreaking film that quietly builds an overwhelming emotional force. In some places, for some people, yesterday is always better than tomorrow.