A local family was paid to move out of their homestead for a week in order to shoot the monastery scenes.
The funeral and wedding scenes where completely unrehearsed. During the shooting of both scenes, most cast and crew where moved to tears.
Almost ninety-five percent of the Xhosa and Pondo people hired as extras were completely illiterate.
Benefit screenings on World A.I.D.S. Day 2006 support A.I.D.S. care in New York City, New York; Los Angeles, California; Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois; Palm Springs, California; and San Francisco, California; and as far away as Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and Singapore.
This movie was awarded by the U.S. Academy of Television Arts and Sciences with a Ribbon of Hope "for Excellence and Commitment to H.I.V./A.I.D.S. Awareness, Education, and Prevention".