Desc: Fig Trees: Directed by John Greyson. With Van Abrahams, Zackie Achmat, Justin Bacchus, Alexander Chapman. In 1999, South African AIDS activist Zackie Achmat went on a treatment strike, refusing to take his pills until they were widely available to all South Africans. This symbolic act became a cause celebre, helping build his group Treatment Action Campaign into a national movement - yet with each passing month, Zackie grew sicker.