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Ho ea rona = We are going forward / Sesotho Media ; directed by Dumisani Phakathi. Tsoga / Newtown Film and Television School ; director/writer Sechaba Ramotoai.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Steps for the Future (Series) ; tape 21
- Steps short films
- Steps for the future ; tape [21]
- Language:
- English
- Sotho
- Zulu
- Subjects (All):
- HIV-positive men--Lesotho--Attitudes.
- HIV-positive men.
- AIDS (Disease)--Lesotho--Public opinion.
- AIDS (Disease).
- AIDS (Disease) in adolescents--South Africa.
- AIDS (Disease) in adolescents.
- AIDS (Disease)--South Africa--Public opinion.
- Genre:
- Short films.
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (23 min.) : sound, color.
- Other Title:
- We are going forward
- Place of Publication:
- Cape Town, South Africa : Day Zero Film and Video ; [South Burlington, VT] : California Newsreel [distributor], c2001.
- Language Note:
- First film in English and Sesotho with English subtitles; second film in English, Zulu and Sesotho with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- digital
- Summary:
- Ho ea rona are the words of a popular song, sung at one point by friends who are all HIV-positive; they talk about whether it was worth disclosing their status, and to what extent their situation has changed their lives.
- Tsoga dramatizes the experience of a South African school in which the majority of students were found to be HIV-positive. One girl talks about her experience and the back-lash of discrimination.
- Notes:
- Produced in partnership with YLE Finland.
- First film is 17 minutes long; second film is 6 minutes long.
- Description based on VHS version record.
- Contains:
- Tsoga.
- Other Format:
- VHS version Ho ea rona
- OCLC:
- 66414458
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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