Heavy traffic / Curious Pictures ; director, Kgomotso Matsuyane ; producers, Robbie Thorpe, David Jammy.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Matsuyane, Kgomotso, director.

Thorpe, Robbie, producer.

Jammy, David, producer.

Curious Pictures (Firm : South Africa), producer.

Steps for the Future (Organization), producer.

Day Zero Film & Video (Firm), distributor.

Yleisradio Oy, producer.

California Newsreel (Firm), distributor.

Series:

Steps for the Future (Series) ; tape 15.

Steps for the future ; [15]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

AIDS (Disease)--South Africa--Soweto.

AIDS (Disease).

Funeral rites and ceremonies--South Africa--Soweto.

Funeral rites and ceremonies.

South Africa--Soweto.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videocassette (28 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

1/2 in.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

[Cape Town, South Africa] : Day Zero Film & Video ; [South Burlington, VT] : California Newsreel [distributor], 2001.

System Details:

VHS.

analog

magnetic

VHS

Summary:

South Africa has seen a dramatic rise in both AIDS- related deaths and in the number of funeral parlors. Shot in Soweto, this film shows two very different funeral homes, one large, top of the line and very experienced, the other new and tiny. Saturday burials interfere with each other, as simultaneous ceremonies go on in crowded cemeteries.

Credits:

Camera, Brian Green; editor, Catherine Meyburgh; music, Neo Muyanga, Philip Miller.

Notes:

Produced in partnership with YLE Finland.

OCLC:

63602097