The General Assembly of Diseases - Scenarios From Africa
- 16 years ago
This animated tale takes place in Contaminobo, home to germs like Tuberculosis, Polio, Hepatitis, Measles... and "Microbe Diarrhea". The germs are angry and afraid because humanity has been making such great strides against them. They greet the arrival of "His Royal Heinous, Overlord AIDS" with joy, believing that his strategy of attacking the human body's defence system will save them. Unfortunately for them, we have been spying on their "General Assembly"! From the germs' own mouths, we have learned how we can outsmart AIDS and protect ourselves from him and his cronies.
By Pierre Sauvalle, Cameroon/France, animated at Pictoon Studios, Dakar, based on an original idea by Mamadou Macki Bah, aged 17, from Kayes, Mali, and featuring Senegalese music star Ismaël Lô.
Scenarios from the Sahel is a unique collection of 13 films exploring the issue of HIV/Aids in Africa. The films combine humour, drama and animation with information about the nature of HIV/AIDS and the best forms of prevention. They provide an insight into the daily experience of living with the disease as experienced by people of all ages in Africa.
In 1997, thousands of young people under 25 in Senegal, Mali and Burkina Faso took part in a contest inviting them to come up with ideas for short films on HIV/AIDS. The contest was so successful that a second contest was held in early 2000. Special emphasis in this contest was placed on encouraging girls/young women, rural youth, and young people who do not attend school to participate. Scores of organisations worked in partnership to bring the conteststo communities, and almost 22,000 young people took part.
Scenarios from the Sahel (now known as Scenarios From Africa) is a community mobilisation, education and media project. It offers children and young people the opportunity to work with international directors in the production of short fiction films to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS.
http://www.globaldialogues.org
http://tv.oneworld.net
By Pierre Sauvalle, Cameroon/France, animated at Pictoon Studios, Dakar, based on an original idea by Mamadou Macki Bah, aged 17, from Kayes, Mali, and featuring Senegalese music star Ismaël Lô.
Scenarios from the Sahel is a unique collection of 13 films exploring the issue of HIV/Aids in Africa. The films combine humour, drama and animation with information about the nature of HIV/AIDS and the best forms of prevention. They provide an insight into the daily experience of living with the disease as experienced by people of all ages in Africa.
In 1997, thousands of young people under 25 in Senegal, Mali and Burkina Faso took part in a contest inviting them to come up with ideas for short films on HIV/AIDS. The contest was so successful that a second contest was held in early 2000. Special emphasis in this contest was placed on encouraging girls/young women, rural youth, and young people who do not attend school to participate. Scores of organisations worked in partnership to bring the conteststo communities, and almost 22,000 young people took part.
Scenarios from the Sahel (now known as Scenarios From Africa) is a community mobilisation, education and media project. It offers children and young people the opportunity to work with international directors in the production of short fiction films to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS.
http://www.globaldialogues.org
http://tv.oneworld.net