Lifecycles : a story of AIDS in Malawi
Film et Vidéo
- Auteurs : Karr Douglas ; Bellows Sierra ;
- Editeurs : Watertown Documentary Educational Resources [distrib.] ;
- Date d'édition : 2013
- Sujets : Sida -- DVD -- Malawi, Santé, Pauvreté, Guérisseurs, Malawi -- Religion -- DVD, Films ethnographiques DVD Malawi
- Langue(s) : Anglais
- Description matérielle : 1 DVD monoface simple couche (57 min), : Coul., son.
- Pays de publication : États-Unis
Notes
Version originale sous-titrée en anglais
Résumé
Indiqué sur la jaquette : Malawi is a small country in South East Africa that has reached a turning point — it will either sink into unknown depths of despair and poverty or it must grow and change with AIDS as a catalyst. Lifecycles: A Story of AIDS in Malawi explores the themes of sex, witchcraft, poverty, death and religion in relation to AIDS. With a soulful soundtrack from Bobby McFerrin, the film was shot over eight months and encompasses both the depth and breadth of a culture under siege. Lifecycles captures the intimate stories of people living with AIDS, traditional healers who claim to cure it, and prostitutes who put themselves at risk each night. Educated and powerful politicians speak frankly about losing 29 members of parliament to AIDS, and one of only thirty-seven HIV positive Malawians then receiving ARV treatment shares his feelings of unmerited privilege. Lifecycles is both earnest and uplifted as it uses the words of Malawians to reveal a nation for whom illness is mistaken for a witch's spell and physical love is dangerous.