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-retroviral drugs like Nevirapine are only available through pilot progjects and
drug trials to 10% of mothers, to prevent transmission of HIV.
ERC VID.
362.19697 STEP.
A LUTA CONTINUA [VIDEORECORDING] = THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES ; A RED RIBBON AROUND
MY HOUSE.
Off-air recording of the SBS-TV program broadcast 13/12/02, 19/12/02. Copied
under Part 5A of the Copyright Act 1968.
Directors, Jack Lewis (A luta continua), Portia Rankoane (Red ribbon around my
house).
A luta continua - a group of HIV-positive AIDS activists from Khayelitsha tell
their stories in a series of short films which are then screened at taxi stands
and shopping malls in Cape Town's townships. This powerful film about courage in
the face of death includes footage of the group process, the short films
themselves and their public screenings. Red ribbon around my house - a mother
and daughter are in crisis because of their different responses to AIDS. The
mother, Pinky, is flamboyant and open about the fact that she is HIV-positive.
The daughter, Ntombi, battles to be just like everyone else. Her mother's
refusal to be passive in the face of AIDS sets them both apart.
Some English subtitles.
ERC VID.
362.19697 STEP.
HEAVY TRAFFIC [VIDEORECORDING] ; IMITI IKULA ; A FIGHTING SPIRIT.
Off-air recording of the SBS-TV program broadcast 5/12/02, 6/12/02, 12/12/02.
Copied under Part 5A of the Copyright Act 1968.
Directors, Kgomotso Matsunyane (Heavy traffic), Sampa Kangwa-Wilkie, Simon
Wilkie (Imiti Ikula), Leo Phiri (Fighting spirit).
Heavy traffic - shot in Soweto,this film shows the lives of two very different
funeral parlor operators and the people who work for them. We meet Caps Pooney,
who has been in the business for 50 years, and Lulu Somthumsi-Mabusela, the boss
of one of many smaller operations which have proliferated in the wake of the
AIDS pandemic. Imiti Ikula - Memory is one of the 75,000 street kids in Lusaka,
most of them orphans due to the AIDS epidemic. She is streetwise and ready to
fight, and yet she has her softer, more vulnerable side. Follows her as she
finds a way to watch the solar eclipse, gets her hair braided, cooks, and sings
and talks with her friends. Fightinh spirit - Zimbabwean middle-weight boxing
champion, Gilbert Josamu, discovered he was HIV positive at the height of his
career. Living in a society where HIV/AIDS is taboo, Josamu forged his medical
certificate and continued to fight. A few months before he died, he confessed to
having lived with AIDS for 14 years. This confession was followed by public
outrage. He then formed a support group and became a spokesman for the fight
against HIV/AIDS.
ERC VID.
362.19697 STEP.
WA 'N WINA [VIDEORECORDING] = SINCERELY YOURS ; BODY AND SOUL ; THE BALL ; THE
SKY IN HER EYES ; BIG BALLS ; HOUSE OF LOVE.
Off-air recording of the SBS-TV program broadcast 22/11/02, 26/11/02, 28/11/02,
29/11/02. Copied under Part 5A of the Copyright Act 1968.
Directors, Dumisani Phakathi (Wa 'n wina), Melody Emmett (Body and soul),
Orlando Mesquita (The ball), Ouida Smit, Madoda Ncayiyana (Sky in her eyes),
Heelen Bhagat (Big balls), Cecil Moller (House of love).
Wa 'n wina - filmmaker Dumisani Phakathi returns to his old neighbourhood in
Phiri Township to film and talk to his friends about attitudes towards
relationships and sex both traditionally and now in the shadow of AIDS. Body and
soul - looks at the attitudes of the three main religions (Christianity, Islam
and African traditionalist) in South Africa through people on the ground who
have to interpret and practice religion in terms of the country's realities. The
ball - tells the the story of Mozambican children who use condoms to make soccer