VHS only
52 minutes, 2002, Mozambique Filmmaker: Licinio Azevedo in Ndebele, Shona, Nhungwe, English, Portuguese with English subtitles
ABOUT THE FILM
Volume 5 of Steps for the Future a 25 cassette series on AIDS in Southern Africa.
In central Mozambique lies the Corridor of Death, a long-distance trucking route, where more than 30% of the population are HIV+. Shot mostly at night, the film charts a series of interwoven stories about the lives of women who wait for the arrival of truck drivers at an overnight trucking station. Three groups of sex workers, the Calamities, the Students and the Founding Members, vie for business, disappearing into the drivers' trucks, which are cheaper than renting rooms. In this world, even though condoms are distributed free by activists, you can earn more by having unprotected sex.
