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I Promise Africa [Film]Publication DateMay 2004 SummaryThis short documentary film (lasting 2.40 minutes) celebrates the lives of HIV - positive orphans from the Moran tribe in Samburu, Kenya. The director and producer, Jerry Henry, visited the village of Majiwa, Kenya to document the opening of a National Institute on Aging (NIA) Health and Resource Centre, as commissioned by Urgent Africa, a charitable non-governmental organisation based in the USA.
The documentary revists Henry’s time with the HIV-positive orphans, wherein he develops a special relationship with the villagers. Before departure, the village leader named Henry “Thoun” which means “hero” in the native language of Luoh. What defines this film for the director, is that he filmed the documentary during the terrorist attack in New York, of September 11 2001. He wrote, “It made me realize that regardless of where you are in the world, tragedy is something that everyone experiences; sometimes simultaneously. No matter how big or small it is we must always remember to never forget.” PublisherLanguagesEnglish ContactShira Golding
Director of Education & Outreach MediaRights & Arts Engine, Inc. 104 West 14th St., 4th Floor New York, NY 10011USA Tel.: (646) 230-6288 x21 Fax: (646) 230-6328 shira@mediarights.org info@iThembaFilmProject.org SourceShira Golding sent an email to The Communication Initiative on 17 December 2004. Placed on the Soul Beat Africa site January 06 2005 Last Updated January 06 2005 Top 5 Related Pages for this Summary |
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