Today the hawk takes one chick/

Today the hawk takes one chick/

*Today The Hawk Takes One Chick* captures day-to-day life in a rural society on the threshold of simultaneous collapse and reinvention. The Lubombo region of Swaziland suffers from the world*s highest prevalence of HIV and the lowest life expectancy. This observational film is told from the poignant...

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Corporate Authors: Center for Independent Documentary, Documentary Educational Resources (Firm)
Other Authors: Gillooly, Jane, Kaplan, Tracey, Kim, Ann S., Mathunjwa, Thandiwe, Shongwe, Maria, Skhosana, Albertina
Format: Electronic Video
Language:Swati
English
Published: Watertown, Mass. : Documentary Educational Resources, c2008.
Subjects:
Mathunjwa, Thandiwe.
Shongwe, Maria.
Skhosana, Albertina.
AIDS (Disease) > Social aspects > Swaziland.
Children of AIDS patients > Swaziland > Social conditions.
Grandmothers > Swaziland > Social conditions.
Grandparents as parents > Swaziland.
Swaziland > Social conditions.
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Summary:*Today The Hawk Takes One Chick* captures day-to-day life in a rural society on the threshold of simultaneous collapse and reinvention. The Lubombo region of Swaziland suffers from the world*s highest prevalence of HIV and the lowest life expectancy. This observational film is told from the poignant perspective of three grandmothers (gogos) who have become instrumental in defining a new world order in the fight against the spread of HIV. As the stakes of each day heighten, gogo Albertina asks: *What will happen when all the gogos are dead?*.
Physical Description:1 streaming video (72 min.)

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