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Summary:

Looks at two child-headed families living in Chazanga Compound, a shantytown in Lusaka, Zambia. Orphaned by AIDS, they must scramble for necessities and education. Local aid workers and the community try to help, but they also have meager resources. Includes excerpts from a speech given by Stephen Lewis, the UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa.

Contributors:

Mullins, Catherine

Morehouse, Jennifer

Feio, Alberto

Brown, Barbara

Crilly, Chris

Lewis, Stephen, 1937-

Green Lion Productions Inc.

Bullfrog Films

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Chiefly in English with some interviews in an undetermined language with English subtitles; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

Subjects:

Orphans — Zambia — Lusaka

Children of AIDS patients — Zambia — Lusaka

Community-based child welfare — Zambia — Lusaka

Orphans

Children of AIDS patients

Community-based child welfare

Zambia — Lusaka

Genres:

Motion pictures

Documentary films

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

System Details:

VHS.

Performers:

Narrator, Jennifer Morehouse.

Production Credits:

Director of photography, Alberto Feio ; editor, Barbara Brown ; original music, Chris Crilly.

General Notes:

Produced in 2004 with the participation of the Government of Canada through the Canadian International Development Agency.
Public performance rights included.

Physical Description:

1 videocassette (56 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Physical Characteristics:

polyester; 1/2 in.; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

analog; magnetic; mono

Video Characteristics:

VHS; NTSC

Call Numbers:

MV 10077

ISBNs:

1594582408

OCLC Numbers:

60820850