Darwin's Nightmare

Here is the control tower.

Nonsense. I'm in the control tower.

I have work to do, this is no office.

Yes, but I...

I love you with all my heart

We love you, Tanzania

In English..."Sawa"...

We all leave our families at home.

We think about home all the time.

But if we didn't work,

who would feed our families?

This is true for any country, always.

This is a common rule.

If there is work, things are fine.

One needs to work

and think about children and family and a home...

And mom and dad.

Before, we always had holidays at home.

The youngest?

Not bad.

Here she is.

Who are those singing guys?

They carried a lot of fish!

It was too heavily loaded.

- Where is your father? - Not around.

Come on, tell him!

So where is he?

Which work is he doing?

He is on the water.

- So your papa catches fish? - Mmm.

What is his name?

Masaba. Masaba.

- Masaba. - Masaba.

And your mama?

- Mama? - Yeah.

- Romukulu. - Huh?

Romukulu.

- Romukulu. - Romukulu.

So your father is also a fisherman?

My papa is dead.

And your mama?

She died from the virus.

His parents all died with AIDS.

I am a street child, that's all.

When you are older, will you be a fisherman like your dad?

He doesn't care.

My dad's life... I do not want to follow.

I want to do my own profession.

I want to become a teacher.

I love you, I love you...

Lisa, wake up!

Her husband also died.

Yes, the virus took him.

When her youngest child died

she realized that she had AIDS, too.

Her kids are now alone.

Her man came from

the backcountry to fish for the factories.

And before being a fisherman?

Before they had a farm.

All I can do is...

I cannot eat anymore.

I know so many pilots...

True, these pilots are so tough,

they came one day with a taxi and took us to the hotel,

they first took Queeny, and then they went after Eliza...

So violent!

Many pilots never returned.

Some may have died already.