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This documentary explores the international collision of HIV/AIDS policies while following the journey of two HIV-positive women who entered the annual Miss HIV Stigma-Free pageant in Botswana. Filmed across Africa and at the International AIDS Conference in Toronto this explosive EthnoGraphic film...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Hanon, Jim (Screenwriter, director of photography.), Reese, Della (Narrator), Whalum, Kirk (composer (expression))
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: [Oklahoma City, Okla.] : EthnoGraphic Media ; [2007]
Subjects:
HIV-positive women > Africa, Sub-Saharan > Biography.
HIV infections > Botswana > Prevention.
HIV infections > Uganda > Prevention.
HIV infections > Prevention.
Stigma (Social psychology)
Beauty contests.
Gender identity.
Health.
Gender Identity
Health
Stereotyping
Identité de genre.
Santé.
Séropositives > Afrique subsaharienne > Biographies.
Infections à VIH > Botswana > Prévention.
Infections à VIH > Ouganda > Prévention.
Infections à VIH > Prévention.
Stigmatisation (Psychologie sociale)
Concours de beauté.
sex role.
health.
Gender identity
African Studies
Documentaries
Documentaries and Factual Films
documentary film.
Documentary films
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Internet videos.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Kanopy)
Description
Summary:This documentary explores the international collision of HIV/AIDS policies while following the journey of two HIV-positive women who entered the annual Miss HIV Stigma-Free pageant in Botswana. Filmed across Africa and at the International AIDS Conference in Toronto this explosive EthnoGraphic film shares both sides of an ideology struggle. What is happening in Botswana, where half of all pregnant women have HIV, is set against Uganda which has experienced the largest reductions of new infections ever recorded. Unlike any other film on AIDS, the story takes the viewer backstage to the Miss HIV pageant and behind the curtain on what is really happening in the war against a virus that is now the leading killer of people under 60 in the world.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 2007.
Includes optional interactive transcript.
Also includes the abridged version of the film (1 hr., 16 min.).
Physical Description:1 online resource (video files (76 min., 53 min.)) : sound, color.
Audience:MPAA rating: PG-13; for some mature thematic material.
Production Credits:Photography, Jim Hanon ; editing, Jim Hanon ; music by Kirk Whalum.