Charlize's home project

South Africa's Oscar winning actress Charlize Theron is to co-produce a movie about the life of one of the world's most famous child AIDS victims Nkosi Johnson. Charlize might also play the role of Gail Johnson, the woman who adopted and cared for Nkosi. The young boy was an outspoken AIDS activist and role model in the late 1990s before dying of the disease at the age of 12 in 2001. In 2000 Nkosi made international headlines when he addressed an International Aids Conference, appealing to world leaders to ensure that people living with HIV/AIDS are given potentially life-prolonging drugs. More than 5 million South Africans are infected with the AIDS virus. Gail runs a haven for children infected with the disease. She has signed a film deal with Los Angeles-based Adelstein-Parouse Productions. One of the few South African feature films to deal with AIDS, Yesterday, was nominated for an Oscar last year.