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Sasa!: a film about women, violence and HIV/AIDS

Title
Sasa!: a film about women, violence and HIV/AIDS / directed by Chanda Chevannes.
Publication
Kampala, Uganda : Raising Voices, [2007?]

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Additional Authors
  • Chevannes, Chanda
  • Michau, Lori
  • Raising Voices (Organization), production company.
  • People's Picture Company, Inc., production company.
Description
1 videodisc (31 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in. +
Summary
"Tells the stories of two women and their experiences with violence and HIV/AIDS. Along with its personal perspective, the film includes analysis from experts and leaders about how these two pandemics are linked and what we must do to prevent them. [The film] follows the lives of Mama Joyce in Mwanza, Tanzania and Josephine in Kampala, Uganda as they share their experiences of domestic violence, how domestic violence led to their HIV positive status and how their positive status led to more violence"--Container.
Alternative Title
Sasa! : an activist kit.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Documentary films.
  • Nonfiction films.
  • Short films.
  • Social problem films.
Note
  • Contains 5 versions of the film: long version with English subtitles for Swahili dialogue; long version with English voice-overs for original Swahili dialogue; long version with dubbed Swahili dialogue for original English dialogue; short version with English subtitles for Swahili dialogue; short version with English voice-overs for original Swahili dialogue.
  • Long version is 31 min., short version is 6 min.
  • Widescreen format.
  • "This film is an advocacy video created for 'Sasa! : an activist kit', developed by Raising Voices"--Closing credits.
Credits (note)
  • Producers, Chanda Chevannes, Lori Michau ; cinematographer, Nathan Fields ; editor, Nathan Fields ; produced by Raising Voices + The People's Picture Compay, Inc.
Funding (note)
  • Funding from HIVOS, the Ford Foundation and the Sigrid Rausing Trust.
Language (note)
  • In Swahili & English.
Contents
Long version chapter titles: Awareness (11 min.) -- Support (11 min.) -- Action (8 min.).
Call Number
Sc Visual DVD-108
LCCN
2007381602
OCLC
184897529
Title
Sasa!: a film about women, violence and HIV/AIDS / directed by Chanda Chevannes.
Imprint
Kampala, Uganda : Raising Voices, [2007?]
Edition
[Long version].
Country of Producing Entity
Uganda.
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
Type of Carrier
videodisc
Performer
Featuring Josephine, Mama Joyce, Charles, Kalanzo ; narrator, Djenabou Maré.
Expert analysts: Verdiana Kamanya (HIV Councelor, Mwanza, Tanzania), Maimuna Kanyamala (Activist, Mwanza, Tanzania), Collins Ocham (Teacher, Mwanza, Tanzania), Rev. Canon Gideon Byamugisha (Anglican Priest, Diocese of Kampala, Uganda), Hon Dora Byamukama (MP, Kampala, Uganda), Dr. Nicodemus Batamanya (HIV specialist Mwanza, Tanzania), Christine Agwang (Police Officer, Child & Family Protection Unit, Kampala, Uganda), Sheikhe Idriis Habib Luswabi (Muslim Supreme Council, Kampala, Uganda), Anna Chambo (Violence Councelor, Mwanza, Tanzania).
Credits
Producers, Chanda Chevannes, Lori Michau ; cinematographer, Nathan Fields ; editor, Nathan Fields ; produced by Raising Voices + The People's Picture Compay, Inc.
Funding
Funding from HIVOS, the Ford Foundation and the Sigrid Rausing Trust.
Language
In Swahili & English.
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Added Author
Chevannes, Chanda, film director.
Michau, Lori, film producer.
Raising Voices (Organization), production company.
People's Picture Company, Inc., production company.
Added Title
Sasa! : an activist kit.
Research Call Number
Sc Visual DVD-108
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