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Ma vie en plus

IMDb ID: tt0356846 · Year: 2002 · Rating: 8.1 (17 votes)

Genres: Documentary · Biography

Zackie Achmat is an HIV+ South African activist campaigning to make AIDS medications more widely available. As one aspect of his campaign the HIV-positive Achmat refuses to take the medications until they become available to every...

IMDb Details

Content TypeMovieAlternate TitlesSweden: It's My Life
World-wide: It's My Life (English)
India: Ma Vie En Plus (English)
It's My Life
Release Date2002-06-17Runtime75 minutesIMDb Popularity0User Reviews0Critic Reviews0Countries / RegionsSouth Africa
France
LanguagesEnglishKeywordsgay character
hiv human immunodeficiency virus
south african
anti apartheid
south africa
Production CompaniesBig World Cinema
Dominant 7
IMDb URLhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0356846/Local Poster/d/file/imdb/03/tt0356846.jpgUpdated At2025-12-23T14:42:44

Stars

Zackie Achmat
Shireen Kadivar
Thabo Mbeki

Directors

Brian Tilley

Full Cast & Crew

[Cast Group]
Actor: Zackie Achmat | Character: Self
Actor: Shireen Kadivar | Character: Rosario
Actor: Thabo Mbeki | Character: Self

[Directors Group]
Name: Brian Tilley | Role: Director

[Producers Group]
Name: Philip Brooks | Role: Producer
Name: Steven Markovitz | Role: Producer

[Music Group]
Name: Philip Miller | Role: Composer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Giulio Biccari | Role: Cinematographer

[Editing Group]
Name: Ronelle Loots | Role: Editor

Trailers

IMDb Video Gallery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0356846/videogallery/

Release Schedule

Netherlands: November 23, 2001 (IDFA Festival)
France: December 8, 2001 (Paris Gay and Lesbian Film Festival)
Sweden: January 31, 2002 (Göteborg Film Festival)
Italy: June 4, 2002 (Milan International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival)
United States: June 17, 2002 (San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival)
United Kingdom: July 6, 2002 (Commonwealth Film Festival)
United States: August 3, 2002 (Reeling Chicago Gay Lesbian Film Festival)
Australia: September 8, 2002 (Sydney QueerDoc)
United States: October 20, 2002 (Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival)

Awards

Winner | 2003 | Ouagadougou Panafrican Film and Television Festival | Award of the National Committee against AIDS | Brian Tilley, Ma vie en plus
Winner | 2002 | Prague One World Film Festival | Vaclav Havel Special Award | Brian Tilley, Ma vie en plus

Box Office

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