While being based on the examples of several burkinabés villages, the film shows the interest to found a mutual insurance association so that the populations can deal with their expenditure of health.
The battle of sexes deals with the relationship between men and women, showing the socio-cultural and economic factors concerning the transmission of HIV. The sub context talks about the eternal misunderstanding between the two sexes which badly communicates and rejects the cause of the spreading of the disease.
Tiim is a documentary on street-sold medicines.
It explores the attitudes of providers and consumers in the Ouahigouya area of Burkina Faso.
Their frank and spontaneous reactions highlight the complexity of the issue; their motivation, beliefs and questions provide a revealing insight into existing sales techniques, the success of street vendors, the popularity of doping substances, the lack of knowledge of generic drugs…
Aids Palaver treats of HIV, which is always delicate in the countryside as well as in town: a divine curse, a shameful disease that comes from elsewhere…. The beliefs and reactions of the people in the film evoke their fear of the disease and their reluctance to be tested.
A matter of rubber illustrates the reluctance and taboo around the use of condom: lost of sensation, lack of trust, difficulty of use, "omission", shame, religious considerations, prejudice…
An incessant ping-pong between men and women, youth and elders, reveals that the use of the rubber is still far to be unanimous.
This may well be the first time that a group of West African men and women speak openly about a once-taboo subject that has turned into a daily and deadly threat: AIDS. Relationships, dealing with the use of condoms, fears of getting tested for HIV/AIDS, are discussed candidly, making this film an indispensable awareness-raising tool .
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