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Browsing Over 166 Sessions

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Cultural activity Film Screening

5B

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5B is the inspirational story of everyday heroes, nurses and caregivers who took extraordinary action to comfort, protect and care for the patients of the first AIDS ward unit in the United States. 5B is stirringly told through first-person testimony of these nurses and caregivers who built Ward 5B in 1983 at San Francisco General Hospital, their patients, loved ones, and staff who volunteered to create care practices based in humanity and holistic well-being during a time of great uncertainty. The result is an uplifting yet candid and bittersweet monument to a pivotal moment in American history and a celebration of quiet heroes, nurses and caregivers worthy of renewed recognition.
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Bok-Lahong Google

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The film, the combination of 11 episodes of a mini web series, portrays issues and perceptions around HIV/AIDS among young members of the LGBT+ community and aims to re-start this dialogue, especially among young people, in Cambodia in relations to intervention strategies that work for them, including what could be done to better understand their needs and address their concerns in a more inclusive manner.
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King of Contraceptive

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This film tells the story of Stanley Ngara, the self-crowned King of Condoms, who campaigns against HIV and AIDS and teen pregnancies by promoting condom use and other safer sex practices, as well as the use of PrEP and PEP. Dressed in his bright red "King of Condom" uniform, Stanley is on a mission to make Kenya HIV-free. His innovation has increased the uptake of HIV services, increased condom use, reducing stigma on HIV positive people and provided a positive image towards use of condoms.
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BADLAV - A step towards Resilience

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Two counsellors arrive at a city and educate people about HIV-AIDS. But what happens after their arrival and who is hidden behind it is a mystery
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The Mirror

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This short film depicts struggles, ambitions of a transgender person named Alisha. Alisha is a young and beautiful transwoman full of confidence. After completing her education, she applies for a job but gets rejected. She tries many times and she faces rejection everytime. This made her question her identity. She starts to loose her confidence. Will she able to get the work she loves? Will she able to fight the world and come out with flying colors?
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Born Human

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Born Human is a candid documentary featuring transgender people globally and their inspirational experiences in pursuits of success, love and justice in an ambivalent society riddled with ignorance and fear that perpetuates threats of violence, high rates of HIV, poverty and unemployment. AIDS Healthcare Foundation has been supporting transgender issues globally for over ten years. We work with sex workers, and have dedicated transgender clinics and services around the world. The objectives are to empower and educate on the experience from the transgender community globally.
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Day With(out) Art film screening: Contemporary video activism responding to the ongoing HIV/AIDS epidemic

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Since 2014, Visual AIDS has commissioned and distributed new, short videos about the ongoing HIV and AIDS epidemic on December 1 for Day With(out) Art / World AIDS Day. This program brings together selections from these video programs, which have addressed subjects such as contemporary HIV activism, Black experiences of the epidemic, and resonant cultural histories from the past three decades. Learn more and see additional videos at visualaids.org/dwa. On December 1, 2020, we will launch seven new videos from artists working around the world. To learn more and get involved in the 2020 program, visit visualaids.org/dwa2020.
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Diversity in action: Harvested experience in South Asia

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This film shows systematic interventions, key results and outcomes of the Global Fund-funded Multi Country South Asia HIV programme [MSA] that aimed to reduce the impact of and vulnerability to HIV among MSM and transgender people in South Asia. See the programme support in-country activities more effectively through the use of South-South collaboration, scaling up of evidence-based advocacy, and capacity-building initiatives focusing on the MSM and Transgender communities.
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DRUG$: The Price We Pay

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A story that unpacks the mystery of modern medicine’s skyrocketing price tag and how it affects the people struggling to stay alive. Narrated by Academy Award ® Winner J.K. Simmons, “DRUG$” is a feature-length documentary about the soaring price of medicines in the U.S., featuring interviews with academics, patients, advocates and political leaders, including Senator Bernie Sanders and Congressman Elijah Cummings. In a titanic struggle against corporate greed, see how a diverse group of concerned Americans is fighting back to keep lifesaving medicines affordable for us all.
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Evening Shadows

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In a small town in Southern India that lives within a cocoon of traditions and social morality, when a young gay man Kartik, comes out to his mother Vasudha, her entire world comes crashing down. She has no one to turn to dispel her fears and doubts, to understand her loving son's truth. Moreover as a woman, trapped within a patriarchal conservative society, her biggest challenge is to deal with her dogmatic husband Damodar, and the conservative society around her. 'Evening Shadows' is a universal story about a mother-son bonding and its emotional strength to withstand the ravages of time and harsh realities. The film has won 24 international awards and has been an official selection at 72 film festivals worldwide. The film also facilitated starting of a support group for parents of LGBTQ children titled 'Sweekar - The Rainbow Parents' which now has over 75 members.
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Kemikal Romance

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In Manila, Philippines, there is a community of gay men that meet up in secret at private condominiums and hotels to participate in “Chemsex”. The short film features true stories of 3 young men who were victims of the high social discrimination, HIV epidemic and the ongoing war on drugs waged by the Philippines President.
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Healing Inner Voices

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Through the lived experiences and voices of 8 Indigenous people living with HIV, this poetic short documentary combines storytelling and the healing power of Indigenous culture to reflect on the realities of stigma and discrimination for Indigenous people. The film offers up hope that understanding and compassion will decrease experiences of HIV stigma and discrimination. Most importantly, it will be a way to connect those who made it and those who will watch it, to community, and to culture.