Jimmy, HIV positive since 1980, spends most of his time with the people most vulnerable to HIV risk. Around him, HIV positive and doctors guide us in the discovery of Tunisian youth and society, in the reality of its hospitals and of its medical infrastructure. Courageous initiatives are emerging, thanks to a wonderful energy.
No other country in the world has been affected by AIDS as much as Swaziland. Every year, tens of thousands of residents, out of a population of under a million, die of the disease. Nearly half of all young adults are infected. Faced with such a serious problem, why has the king has taken no action?
With MY POSITIVE LIFE, Mark Strombach and Salwa Amin give a voice and face to people who have been living with HIV/AIDS for decades, in the first ever film on the subject. Six men and one woman aged between 60 and 72 each tell their own stories: underlying them is the common tale of a long life with the HI-virus. In a thoughtful, astute, sometimes bawdy and amusing manner, the protagonists recall the early days of HIV/AIDS in the 1980s, their fears, and the countless changes in their lives, professions, and financial situations.
In Egypt, some persons are pursued because of their seropositivity to the AIDS virus. They can be screened without their own consent on a simple suspicion. Usually the test is accompanied by a forced anal test. When it is not by some torture... A documentary is carried out on this subject, one of the most taboo, and give a voice to homosexuals. The sufferings, the fear of being arrested or denounced...A sometimes risky investigation in the homosexual community in Egypt and in the world of sexual tourism.
10.06.1980, L.A. : a first case of AIDS is described at the UCLA hospital by doctor Michaël Gottlieb. 10.06.2008 : Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier receive the Nobel Prize in Medecine. Between those two dates, the research was accomplished in a strained atmosphere, both symbolic of the scientific universe and particular by the stakes raised up by the discovery of the virus: financings, national scientific prestige….
To understand the link between weather and health, and to know the value of time and especially real time.
"NOTHING IS LOST" Is a documentary film of 26 mn recalling hard realities of the living conditions of the people infected and assigned by the HIV AIDS and STI to Burkina Faso. It depicts the problems of this assumption of responsibility and strongly implies the agents of stakes and the communities: nuns and usual. Through this film, associations and ONG working in the field show the strategies used for the best dealt with which are of order (medical, psychological, spiritual, food support and support in income-generating activities). The PVVIH testify with face discovered and unconstrained.
Diseases make people frightened, but love makes people brave. Besides documenting the Taiwan government's efforts on AIDS prevention, the film furthers our understanding of AIDS through the patients' personal sharing. In turn, fear and indifference towards AIDS may be dissolved. Let's pass forward our love through the gesture of embrace. For love, we learn to treasure our future.
This is the first documentary which records that Taiwan NGO accepts AIDS friends. It is called "Being Together." Through the actual care and the acceptance of aids halfway houses and civic groups for AIDS patients, the public will have a correct understanding about AIDS and remove their fear and discrimination towards AIDS. In addition, patients will know that they are not alone because we are always together.
Produced for World Aids Day 2003, this film presents 20 testimonies of VIP or not concerning Aids : known or not, each person confide in front of the camera his questions, fears concerning this terrible disease.
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