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Odo^ yá! : life with AIDS / / Brazil Image & Vivai Pictures present a documentary by Ta^nia Cypriano.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- Portuguese
- Subjects (All):
- AIDS (Disease)--Brazil.
- AIDS (Disease).
- Candomblé--Brazil.
- Candomblé.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (59 min.).
- Other Title:
- Life with AIDS
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 1999.
- Language Note:
- In Portuguese.
- Original language in Portuguese.
- Summary:
- "This is the affirming story of how Candombleþ, a Brazilian religion of African orign, has become as source of strength and power for a group of AIDS sufferers. Shot in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Bahia, it shows the rituals of Candombleþ and the celebration of Carnival ... This beautifully shot documentary puts the epidemic in a cultural context, showing how this joyful religion helps its followers cope with the illness."--Original container.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed March 29, 2016).
- Recorded Brazil 0000.
- Best Documentary, Pan African Film Festival, 1999
- Bronze Apple, National Educational Media Festival, 1999
- American Psychiatric Association, 1999
- What's Happening series, MoMA, 1999
- National HIV/AIDS Update Conference, 1999
- Margaret Mead Film Festival, 1997
- Jerusalem Film Festival, 1997
- OCLC:
- 849667365
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