The feature documentary "I Am Because We Are," which looks at the lives of children orphaned by AIDS in Malawi, Africa, will premiere on Sundance Channel on World AIDS Day, Dec. 1. "I Am Because We ...
July 9, 2OO3 — -- The parents of Africa are dying of AIDS, and their children are fighting to live. "Only the strong can survive," said Humphrey Mulenga, an 18-year-old Zambian whose parents died ...
In a new documentary about Bob Geldof, the rock musician who organized the Live Aid concerts in 1985 and helped put together last year’s Live 8 event, he says that despite Africa’s deep-rooted poverty ...
BEIJING, Feb 26 (Reuters) - A film about Chinese orphans of AIDS victims won an Oscar for best documentary short film, which a prominent AIDS activist in China said showed people still cared. Ruby ...
The peace that has finally come to Angola may extract an unexpected and fearsome price, warns the PBS documentary "AIDS Warriors." Three decades of civil war isolated Angola and offered some ...
Africa is producing some of the world’s most captivating documentaries, a genre that allows filmmakers to tell riveting stories that revisit the past while challenging the inequities of the present.
You’ve probably never heard of Zackie Achmat. Not unless you’re a South African AIDS patient demanding your government’s help to stay alive, or a global pharmaceutical corporation looking to protect ...
FOR MANY YEARS, THERE was an open secret in the battle against AIDS in Africa. A few of us knew about, and earnestly sought to publicize, crucial findings indicating the most effective approach to ...