Living with AIDS /
"Sorious Samura, a European journalist of African descent, volunteered to work as an orderly in a hospital in Zambia. The majority of the hospital's patients are HIV positive. Confronted daily with death, he describes his workplace as being like a frontline war zone. The staff works under...
| Uniform Title: | Living with AIDS (Motion picture : 2005) |
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| Corporate Authors: | , , |
| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English soundtrack, with some dialogue segments in local dialects, which are subtitled in English. |
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New York :
Filmakers Library,
[2005]
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| Summary: | "Sorious Samura, a European journalist of African descent, volunteered to work as an orderly in a hospital in Zambia. The majority of the hospital's patients are HIV positive. Confronted daily with death, he describes his workplace as being like a frontline war zone. The staff works under horrendous conditions where protective gloves are a luxury and shrouds for the dead are stained with the blood of previous corpses. On some days the running water stops after only an hour or two in the morning.Samura exposes the untold story of AIDS; how poverty and the complex nature of African culture and sexuality are hampering efforts to eradicate this horrifying disease. After one month, he is left with the realization that if the war against HIV in Africa is to be won, poverty, ignorance and African sexual attitudes have to be tackled in the bluntest possible manner. He delivers a scathing condemnation of the irresponsibility of African men regarding sexual matters."--Container. |
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| Item Description: | Originally released as documentary in 2005. "Living with AIDS: date [of release]: April 2005, directed and filmed by Claudio von Planta"--Von Planta Productions website, viewed Aug. 28,2014. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (49 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD. |
| Awards: | Monte Carlo Film Festival, 2005: Best Documentary. One World Media Award, 2005. |
| Production Credits: | Cinematography, Claudio Von Panta; editing, Richard Guard; online editor, Dominic McMahon. |