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Thursday, July 14 2011

What a Wonderful 'Life': An Interview with Director Oliver Schmitz

Life, Above All director Oliver Schmitz brings the best-selling novel Chanda's Secret to the big screen with a dazzling cast of African actresses. Schmitz chats with Nik Ruckert about the making of this universal South African tone poem about tolerance.

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Monday, December 5 2011

'Life, Above All' Confronts the South African AIDS Pandemic with Care and Honesty

Oliver Schmitz's film casts an unblinking eye on the social stigma surrounding AIDS in his home country.

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