VHS only
52 minutes, 2001, South Africa Filmmakers: Beverley Palesa Ditsie and Nicky Newman in Tswana and English with English subtitles
ABOUT THE FILM
Volume 2 of Steps for the Future a 25 cassette series on AIDS in Southern Africa.
Simon and I recounts the lives of two giants in the South African gay and lesbian liberation movement, Simon Nkoli and the film maker herself, Bev Ditsie. The story is narrated by Bev, both as a personal statement and a political history. Through good times and bad, their relationship is viewed against a backdrop of intense political activism and the HIV/AIDS crisis. Their converging and diverging lives, culminating in Simon 's death, are revealed in this heartfelt testament using a mixed format of interviews and archive footage.
