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Le fardeau = The burden / une production, Makongo Films ; en coproduction avec Les Films de l'œil sauvage [and 4 others] ; un film de Elvis Sabin Ngaïbino ; écrit et réalisé par Elvis Sabin Ngaïbino ; produit par Daniele Incalcaterra, Boris Lojkine, Vicky Nelson Wackoro.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Sango (Ubangi Creole)
- Subjects (All):
- AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Central African Republic--Bangui.
- AIDS (Disease).
- AIDS (Disease)--Alternative treatment.
- COVID-19 (Disease)--Vaccination--Central African Republic--Bangui.
- COVID-19 (Disease).
- Miracles.
- Spiritual healing.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (80 min.)) : sound, color
- Other Title:
- Burden
- Place of Publication:
- [Lussas, France] : AndanaFilms, [2023]
- Language Note:
- In French and Sango with English subtitles; closed captioning available in French.
- Summary:
- In Bangui, Rodrigue and Reine are a couple very involved in the activities of their church. But they live with a terrible secret: they are sick with AIDS and carry it like a divine punishment. When Rodrigue is offered the position of assistant pastor, he has doubts: is he worthy of leading the church of Christ? Yet how can he refuse when he depends on Reine's trade? With the pandemic, ARV drugs are becoming scarce and the rumour is spreading that HIV-positive people will die if they vaccinate against COVID-19. Reine believes a miracle is possible and sets out on a quest for a miraculous cure. She takes her husband from church to pilgrimage, from prayers of repentance to spiritual fasts, in the hope of divine healing.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Elvis Sabin ; editing, Léa Chatauret.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed April 8, 2025).
- Publisher Number:
- an-burden Docuseek2
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