Controversial South African political satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys allows
writer/director Julian Shaw into his previously off-limits inner world.The
result is a startling document of Pieter’s work educating school
children about their country’s greatest threat, HIV/AIDS, and an
unforgettable portrait of the power of individual will.
Entertainer,
female impersonator, political satirist and sex educator: Peter-Dirk
Uys is a man of many faces. A hero to thousands of South African
children — and friend to Bishop Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela — he is
also somewhat of an enigma.
Believing that he can help to prevent
South Africa’s teenagers from joining the ranks of the estimated 5.5
million citizens with the virus, Uys travels the country wowing students
of all backgrounds, flagrantly raising the most taboo subjects.
Shaw was so taken by the man that he took it upon himself to make a film about a fearless man with a mission — and a mandate.