
In South Africa, a small group of women from the townships Cape Town are changing their lives, and exciting people around the world by making colorful beaded dolls. The film follows the women behind the beading project, Monkeybiz, and their fight to overcome poverty and HIV/AIDS through contemporary art. We also join the dolls on a fascinating journey from one township to Donna Karan's high-fashion store on Madison Avenue. From the fashion world of New York, the dolls travel to the Mandela concert for HIV/Aids in Norway on their quest to become 'bigger than Barbie.' The film includes appearances from Desmond Tutu, Donna Karan, Annie Lennox and Nelson Mandela.

