VHS only
52 minutes, 2001, South Africa Filmmaker: Dumisani Phakathi in English, Sotho and Zulu with English subtitles
ABOUT THE FILM
Volume 1 of Steps for the Future a 25 cassette series on AIDS in Southern Africa.
Filmmaker Dumisani Phakathi returns to his old neighborhood. With a camera on his shoulder, he engages with friends to discuss relationships, sex and love. Strong characters like Phumla and Timothy expose their emotions as they talk intimately about the realities of their street and the choices they have been forced to make. It 's a rock and roll journey that reveals the gaps between everyday life and the AIDS education campaigns that often talk past the very people they are supposed to address. It is the recognition of the people's will to survive in the age of AIDS.
