Everyone's Child is a 1995 film directed by the author Tsitsi Dangarembga

Tsitsi Dangarembga

Tsitsi Dangarembga is a Zimbabwean author and filmmaker.- Biography :Dangarembga was born in Mutoko, Zimbabwe , in 1959 but spent part of her childhood in England. She began her education there, but concluded her A-levels in a missionary school back home, in the town of Mutare...

, who was the first black Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...

an woman to direct a feature film.

Focusing on the growing problem of children living in hardship - especially as a result of AIDS

AIDS

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...

- the film follows the abrupt journey of two children into a world of adult responsibility. Itayi and Tamari are devastated following the death of both parents, shunned by family and friends, and left with nothing. Frustrated and in despair, Itayi tries his luck in the big city, leaving Tamari at home to look after herself and her younger brothers and sisters.

External links

• http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JQP/is_291/ai_30228904
• http://www.mfdi.net/catalogue.php?ctlgtm_id=26
• http://imdb.com/title/tt0116243/