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HIV/AIDS in women: a disease spread by misogyny and violence.

Publication: Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women's Studies Resources
Publication Date: 01-JAN-09
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: HIV/AIDS in women: a disease spread by misogyny and violence.(Movie review)(Video recording review)

Article Excerpt
ABSTAINING FROM REALITY: U. S. RESTRICTIONS ON HIV PREVENTION. 9 mins. Population Action Inter national, 2007. Viewable online: http://www.populationaction.org/Publications/Documentaries/ (then select title from list).

IN WOMEN'S HANDS: A FILM ON WOMEN, HIV, AND HOPE. 26-min. & 11-min. versions. Written, produced, & edited by Tom Donohue and Connie Rinehart of Laughing Dog Productions, 2005. Distributed by Global Campaign for Microbicides/Global Coalition on Women and AIDS/Program for Appropriate Technology in Health, 1800 K St. NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC, 20006; phone: (202) 822-0033; website: http://www.global-campaign.org/film.htm. Available in English or Spanish, VHS or DVD; approx. $15 (U.S.) including shipping to U.S. addresses ([pounds sterling]10 or [euro]15 elsewhere); discounted for bulk orders; free for "our partners from the Global South."

WOMEN AT THE FRONTLINE: A DOCUMENTARY ON WOMEN'S ROLE IN THE GLOBAL RESPONSE TO HIV/AIDS. 25-min. & 7-min. versions. Face of AIDS/Global AIDS Film Archive. Produced & directed by Staffan Hildeb-rand, 2008. Viewable online: http://www.faceofaids.org/show/video/43

FROM RISK TO ACTION: WOMEN AND HIV/AIDS IN ETHIOPIA. 40 mins. Directed by Dorothy Fadiman. Produced by Dorothy Fadiman & Amy Hill, Concentric Media, 2006. Part of Fadiman Social Documentaries (Internet archive). Viewable online: http://www.archive.org/details/from_risk_to_action_2006

SASA ! A FILM ABOUT WOMEN, VIOLENCE, AND HIV/AIDS. 30-min. & 6-min. versions. Directed by Chanda Chevannes. Produced by Chanda Chevannes & Lori Michau. Co-produced by Raising Voices/The People's Picture Company, 2007. Viewable online: http://www.raisingvoices.org/women/Sasa_film.php

THE FEMALE FACE OF AIDS: CRISIS IN MALAWI. 33 mins. Directed by Doug Karr & Edward Boyce. Produced by Leitner Center for International Law and Justice at Fordham Law School & Chop Wood Carry Water Productions, 2007. English/Chichewa/Subtitles. Distributed by Choices, Inc., 3740 Overland Ave., Ste. F, Los Angeles, CA 90034; phone: (888) 570-5400; fax: (310) 839-1511; website: http://www.choicesvideo.net. Catalog # CH7053DVD. $49.95 + shipping, includes lesson plan/guidebook.

YESTERDAY. 95 mins. Written and directed by Darrell James Roodt. HBO Films (http://www.hbo.com/films/yester-day/), 2006. Zulu with English subtitles. DVD, ISBN 0-7831-3357-X. List price $26.98; on sale for $14.97 from HBO Store: http://store.hbo.com/ (Item # 2171839).

The HIV/AIDS pandemic has passed a dire turning point in the last few years--women now account for a majority of those afflicted with the disease. Although women everywhere must deal with the fact that most HIV/ AIDS cases...

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