Simple courage : an historical portrait in the age of AIDS / by Stephanie J. Castillo.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Castillo, Stephanie J.

Alexander Street Press.

Series:

Filmakers library online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Damien, Father, Saint, 1840-1889.

Damien.

Leprosy--Hawaii--History.

Leprosy.

Missions to leprosy patients--Hawaii.

Missions to leprosy patients.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (59 minutes)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 1998.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

digital

data file

Summary:

Simple Courage documents the treatment of leprosy victims in Hawaii in the 19th and early 20th century. More than 8, 000 sufferers, mostly native, were banished to an isolated peninsula and practically abandoned. One man, however, in a simple act of courage, took it upon himself to bring comfort to these hopeless people. He was Father Damien, a Catholic missionary from Belgium, who spent sixteen years caring for the "untouchables" until he himself succumbed to the disease. He transformed their prison into a place of decency and respect. Using archival footage and moving interviews with survivors from the 30s and 40s, Simple Courage shows the emotional pain of banishment from their ancestral homes added to the ravages of the disease.

Notes:

Previously published as DVD.

Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).

Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2011. (VAST - Academic video online). Available via World Wide Web.

OCLC:

794307620

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.