NOTHING WITHOUT US - Cineffable 2018

Nothing Without Us: The Women Who Will End AIDS

Directed by: Harriet HIRSHORN

USA. 2017. Documentary. 67min. Color / B&W. OV/FrS.

Synopsis

This unique documentary recounts the priceless contributions of women in the fight against AIDS from its beginnings until today. The activists, scientists and scholars who brought to light the fact that AIDS did not only affect white homosexual men. Their efforts in the US and Africa have allowed women with AIDS to finally be taken into consideration and get acess to the treatment they need. A battle which stretches from the current day screening centres in Louisiana to the first HIV clinic in Burundi. A tribute to the courageous women who have played and continue to play a vital role in eradicating this disease.

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Harriet HIRSHORN

Harriet Hirshorn's award-winning documentaries focus on social justice issues. She has been closely following HIV/AIDS activism in Africa for the last fifteen years. She has also filmed AIDS activists and interviews with some of the first people to openly declare they are HIV+ in South Africa, Burundi, Botswana, Nigeria, Kenya and Burkina Faso. She has created short films that were used by African summits on ethics and research for African groups organizing for fair treatment in clinical trials. Hirshorn has made dozens of short films about HIV, exhibited a video installation in the Pompidou Center's Main Hall in Paris in 2005 and has produced several videos about HIV/AIDS and women in Africa for New York Times. Hirshorn’s knowledge of the current issues and themes--from research to prevention-- regarding this pandemic is extensive. She has also produced and directed two documentary films about the struggle for democracy and human rights in Haiti.

October 31st to November 4th, 2018

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