Life Above All

Life, Above All fim ne na wasan kwaikwayo na Afirka ta Kudu na 2010 wanda Oliver Schmitz ya jagoranta.  An nuna shi a cikin sashin Un Certain Regard na bikin fina-finai na Cannes na 2010.   zaɓi fim ɗin a matsayin shigarwar Afirka ta Kudu don Mafi kyawun Fim na Harshen Ƙasashen Waje a 83rd Academy Awards .kuma ya sanya jerin sunayen karshe da aka sanar a watan Janairun 2011.  An daidaita fim din daga littafin 2004 Chanda's Secrets na Allan Stratton .

## Labarin fim
Chanda, wata yarinya matalauciya 'yar shekara 12 ta Afirka ta Kudu da ke zaune a wani gari kusa da Johannesburg, dole ne ta yi shirye-shiryen jana'izar bayan da jaririnta Sarah ta mutu. Mahaifiyarta Lillian, mai sutura, ta gurgunta saboda baƙin ciki kuma mahaifinta mai shaye-shaye Jonah ta hanyar sha. Makwabciyarsu ta gaba, Mrs. Tafa, tana taimakawa wajen kula da 'yan uwan Chanda guda biyu, Iris da Soly. Chanda aboki ne da Esther, wata abokiyar makaranta maraya wacce ta juya zuwa karuwanci don tsira. A ƙarshen jana'izar, Yunana ya yi alkawarin tallafa wa iyalinsa, amma daga baya ya sace kudi daga Lillian kuma ya gudu.

Misis Tafa ta dauki Lillian mai rashin lafiya zuwa wani likita, amma ba shi da taimako. Bayan da 'yar'uwarsa ta mayar da Yunana ga Lillian wanda ya bugu, sai ya sake ɓacewa, kuma jita-jita sun bazu cewa iyalin suna da Cutar kanjamau. Wani shaman ya gaya wa Lillian cewa gidanta ya yi sihiri, don haka ta yanke shawarar cewa tana bukatar komawa gida zuwa Tiro, ƙauyen da ta girma, kuma ta yi ban kwana da hawaye ga 'ya'yanta. Lokacin da Esther da aka yi wa mummunan rauni ta fito, Chanda ta dauke ta kuma ta gano cewa Esther na iya kamuwa da cutar kanjamau. Misis Tafa ta bukaci Chanda ta tilasta mata barin amma Chanda ta ki. Da yake damuwa da yin jarrabawarta, Chanda ta gudu zuwa gida kuma ta ji cewa 'yar'uwarta na iya fadawa cikin rami mai zurfi tare da wani yaro, amma Iris tana ɓoyewa ne kawai, kuma faduwar yaron ta karye kuma jikin mahaifin marigayi Iris Jonah ya ceci ransa, wanda aka cire daga rami.

Bayan jana'izar Jonah, Misis Tafa ta gargadi Chanda kada ta gaya wa kowa cewa tana tunanin mahaifinta yana da cutar kanjamau yayin da mutane za su ce mahaifiyarta ma tana fama da cutar, inda Chanda ta sanar da cewa za ta je Tiro kuma ta dawo da Lillian zuwa garin. Esther ta ba Chanda kudi don tafiya, amma lokacin da Chanda ta isa Tiro, kakarta ta gaya mata cewa cutar kanjamau ta Lillian azabtarwa ce daga Allah kuma an kore ta. Chanda ta gano mahaifiyarta, wacce ke mutuwa ita kaɗai a ƙarƙashin itace, kuma ta hayar motar asibiti don kai su gida. A can, maƙwabta sun yi barazanar jefa Chanda a kan garin, amma Mrs. Tafa ta kare ta kuma ta nemi maƙwabta su yi addu'a ga Lillian. A gadon mutuwar Lillian, Misis Tafa ta roƙi Chanda da ta gafarta mata saboda ƙoƙarin kare ta daga kunya kuma ta furta cewa marigayi ɗanta yana da cutar kanjamau. Makwabta suna raira waƙa ga Lillian yayin da take mutuwa.

## Ƴan Wasa

* Khomotso Manyaka a matsayin Chanda Kabelo
* Keaobaka Makanyane a matsayin Esther Macholo
* Harriet Lenabe a matsayin Mrs. Tafa (a matsayin Harriet Manamela) 
* Lerato Mvelase a matsayin Lillian
* Tinah Mnumzana a matsayin Aunty Lizbet
* Aubrey Poolo a matsayin Yunana
* Mapaseka Mathebe a matsayin Iris
* Thato Kgaladi a matsayin Soly
* Kgomotso Ditshweni a matsayin Dudu
* Rami Chuene a matsayin Aunty Ruth

## Karɓuwa
Fim din ya sami kyakkyawan bita daga masu sukar fim. Mai tarawa  bita Rotten Tomatoes ya ba da rahoton cewa kashi 82% daga cikin masu sukar kwararru 71 sun ba fim din kyakkyawan bita, tare da matsakaicin darajar 7.02/10.  cikin bita, Roger Ebert ya ba fim din taurari huɗu, yana mai bayyana cewa "yana haifar da hawaye da shi. Fim din game da zurfin motsin zuciyar ɗan adam ne, wanda aka haifar da tausayi da ƙauna. " Ya yaba wa matasa 'yan wasan kwaikwayo a matsayin "masu ban mamaki": "Manyaka da Makanyane suna da mummunar mallakar kansu; ba su taɓa yin amfani da su ba. "

## Duba kuma

* Fim na Afirka ta Kudu
* Jerin abubuwan da aka gabatar a cikin lambar yabo ta 83 ta Kwalejin don Mafi kyawun Fim na Harshen Ƙasashen waje
* Jerin abubuwan da Afirka ta Kudu suka gabatar don Kyautar Kwalejin don Mafi kyawun Fim na Harshen Ƙasashen waje

## Manazarta