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Life, Above All
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After the death of her baby sister due to influenza in this somber, realistic, heartbreaking, 2010 film, which is based on Allan Stratton's Chandra's Secrets, a strong-willed, gutsy, 12-year-old African girl (Khomotso Manyaka) near Johannesburg finds herself initially ostracized by her family (Tinah Mnumzana, Rami Chuene, et al.) and the townsfolk (Harriet Lenabe, et al.) when she ends up caring for her younger siblings (Mapaseka Mathebe and Thato Kgaladi) when her alcoholic stepfather (Aubrey Poolo) leaves, her best friend (Keaobaka Makanyane) is brutally beaten, and her grieving, AIDS-infected mother (Lerato Mvelase) becomes gravely ill.

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Year:
2012
Rating:
 PG-13
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