Project Detail

Pili

Synopsis

Pili lives in rural Tanzania, working in the fields for less than $1 a day to feed her two children and struggling to manage her HIV-positive status in secret.
When she is offered the chance to rent a sought-after market-stall, Pili is desperate to have it. But with only two days to get the deposit together, Pili is forced to make increasingly difficult decisions with ever-deepening consequences. How much will she risk to change her life?
This film is a unique collaboration between the film-makers and women in the film. The story is based on their stories, the cast features only one trained actor, 70% of the cast are HIV+, and all locations such as the AIDS clinics are real.

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Details

Year: 2017
Type of film: Features
Running time: 83 mins
Format: HD
Director: Leanne Welham 1st Feature
Producer: Sophie Harman
Executive Producer: Sophie Harman, Leanne Welham
Editor: Kant Pan
Screenwriter: Leanne Welham
Director of Photography: Craig Dean Devine
Sound: Tom Osborn, Thomas Jenkins, Audium Post
Music: Shaa, Peter Msechu, Tim Morrish
Principal cast: Bello Rashid, Sekujua Rashid, Mwanaidi Omari Sefi, Sesilia Florian Kilimila, Siwazurio Mchuka, N'kwabi Elias Ng'andgasamala
Story by: Sophie Harman, Leanne Welham
Camera Assistant: Gary Long
Film Image: ©Craig Dean Devine/ Sophie Harman

Genre

Experimental Woman Director Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Leanne Welham

leannewelham@gmail.com

Pili - The Film

c/o Dr Sophie Harman
School of Politics and International Relations
Queen Mary University of London
Mile End Road
London
E1 4NS

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