Albrecht von der Heyden, Minister Plenipotentiary, German Mission to the United Nations
Mark Sterling, Chief, HIV/AIDS Section, Program Division, UNICEF
Robert Blair, Advisor for Africa, Office of International Health, Dept. of State
European Union representative, tba
Dr. Desmond Johns, Director, UNAIDS, New York
Prof. Ruth Wedgwood, Yale & Johns Hopkins, Council on Foreign Relations, ModeratorWednesday, May 7, 2003, 7:30 - 9:30 PM
Panel Discussion followed by reception
German Mission to the United Nations
871 United Nations Plaza, between 48th and 49th Street, New York City
May 8, Thursday
Goethe Institute / Internationes 1014 5th Avenue @ 83rd Street9:00 AM
Breakfast10:00 AM
1. BODY AND SOUL, South Africa 2001, Melody Emmett dir. (source of rental/acquisition)
Religious denominations and the AIDS crisis11:30 AM
2. ODO YA: Life With With Aids, Brazil 1998, Tanya Cypriano, (source of rental/acquisition)
Community Response to AIDS12:30 PM
3. NIGHT STOP, Mozambique, 2002, Lizinia Azueda. (source of rental/acquisition)
Trucking, sex workers, and AIDS12:30 - 1:30 PM
break1:30 - 2:00 PM
4. PANDEMIC, USA 2002, Rory Kennedy. (source of rental/acquisition)
Version for policy makers' of documentary on global AIDS perspectives2:00 - 3:30 PM
5. STATE OF DENIAL, USA 2002, Elaine Epstein. (source of rental/acquisition)
Denial of AIDS crisis by South African government (will be aired this fall on PBS)3:45 - 4:15 PM
6. 6000 A DAY, South Africa 2001, Philip Brooks. (source of rental/acquisition)
Chronicle and examination of socio-economic and politial barriers to solving the AIDS crisis4:30 - 5:30 PM
7. SHOUTING SILENT, Zambia 2002, Xoliswa Sithole. (source of rental/acquisition)
Girls growing up and coping without mothers killed by AIDS7:30 PM PANEL: The HIV/AIDS Pandemic in Africa and the Film Community
Xoliswa Sithole, Nayanaya Productions, South Africa
Cornelius Moore, California Newsreel. SF
Brenda Rooney, Producer/Director, Canada
Martin Smith, Producer/Director, Rain Media NY and WGBH9:00 Reception / Buffet
ODO YA: Life with AIDS
(Brazil)credit: Filmakers Library
May 9, Friday
Goethe Institute / Internationes9:00 AM Breakfast
10:00 - 11:00 AM
8. THE SILENT KILLER: AIDS in South Africa, Canada 2000, Marika Griesel.
Patients, health workers and policy makers reporting the problem
(source of rental/acquisition)
SILENT KILLER:
AIDS in South Africa
(Canada)credit: Filmakers Library
11:00 - 11:30 AM
9. HEAVY TRAFFIC, South Africa 2001, Kgomotsa Matsunyame. (source of rental/acquisition)
Soweto funeral parlor operators and the clients they serve
11:30 - 12:00
10. GROWING UP IN A DAY, Zambia 2001, Phie Ambe. (source of rental/acquisition)
Being orphaned12:00 - 12:30 PM
11. NISHA, India 2003, Ducco Telegen. (source of rental/acquisition)
Little girl learning that she has AIDS from her infected mother1:00 - 2:00 PM break
2:00 - 3:00 PM
12. CONDOMS, FISH & CIRCUS TRICKS, Canada 2002, Brenda and Robert Rooney. (source of rental/acquisition)
Intimate presentation of people in Malawi, South Africa and Zambia dying of AIDS and being cared for.3:00 - 4:00 PM
13. TWO DOLLARS WITH OR WITHOUT A CONDOM, Ethiopia 1996, Leyla Assai Tengroth
Child prostitution and the spread of AIDS
(source of rental/acquisition)4:00 - 4:30 PM
14. COMING TO SAY GOODBYE, USA 2003, Maryknoll Productions. (source of rental/acquisition)
Stories of AIDS in Africa5:00 - 7:00
15. PANDEMIC: FACING AIDS, USA 2002, Rory Kennedy (source of rental/acquisition)
Global Perspectives on AIDS - case studies7:30 PM
Panel: Socio-Economic Impact of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Sahara Africa and Development StrategiesJennifer Seymour Whitaker, Council on Foreign Relations, Moderator
Clarence Dias, Center for Law in Development
Dr. Ruth Engo, UN ECOSOC, Africa Division
Jennifer Klot, HIV/AIDS Coordinator, Social Science Research CouncilReception/Buffet
May 10, Saturday
Goethe Institute / Internationes9:00 AM
Breakfast10:00 - 11:00 AM
16. PATIENT ABUSE, South Africa 2001, Jack Lewis. (source of rental/acquisition)
Introduction to the activist grass root organization Treatment Action Campaign, TAC11:00 - 11:30 AM
17. SOUL CITY, Segment of acclaimed issue oriented television drama dealing with AIDS, South African Broadcasting, 2003 (source of rental/acquisition)11:30 - 12:00 AM
18. A FIGHTING SPIRIT, Zimbabwe 2001, Leo Phiri. (source of rental/acquisition)
AIDS infected boxing hero fights for removing the AIDS stigma12:00 - 1:00 PM
19. BREAKING THE SILENCE, Canada 2002, Denise Withers. (source of rental/acquisition)
Focus on Canadian program helping Africans to help themselves20) 1:00 - 1:40 PM
POSITIVELY WOMEN, India 1997, Nalini SIngh, candid representation how ignorance and the opressed status of women leads to the spread of AIDS… and what activists do about it …(source of rental/acquisition)1:00 - 1:30 Buffet at the Goethe Institute
1:30 - 2:30 PM
Round Table: What can be done?Dr. Michelle Cleary, AFRUS Monica Sharma, UNDP
Joseph Annan, UNDP Reverend
Esther Phiri, Shepard City, Zambia.
Dr. Caroline Njuki, United Methodist Church
Priya Bery, Program Mgr., Policy and Research. Global Business Coalition On HIV/ AIDSLong documentaries and feature films
2:30 - 4:00 PM
21) ABC AFRICA, Iran 2002, Abbas Kiarostami. (source of rental/acquisition)
Taking care of orphans from the Uganda civil war and the massive AIDS epidemic4:15 - 5:45 PM
22) EVERYONE'S CHILD, Zimbabwe 1996, Tsitsi Dangaremba. Feature. (source of rental/acquisition)
Story of four siblings whose parents died of AIDS with the goal of reaffirming the African tradition that an orphan is 'Everyone's Child'
Sunday May 11
Goethe Institute / Internationes9:00 - 9:30 AM Breakfast
9:30 - 11:00 AM
23) THE DAY MY GOD DIED, USA 2002, Andrew Levine (source of rental/acquisition)
Child trafficking to brothels in India, and AIDS11:30- 12:15 PM
24) TWO DOLLARS WITH OR WITHOUT A CONDOM, Ethiopia 1996, Leyla Assai Tengroth
Child prostitution and the spread of AIDS (source of rental/acquisition)12:15- 12:45 PM
25) HOUSE OF LOVE, Namibia 2001, Cecile Moller (source of rental/acquisition)
Exploration of the life of sex workers in the small port town of Walvis Bay1:00 - 2:00 PM
26) DONKA: X-RAY OF AN AFRICAN HOSPITAL, Belgium 1998 Thierry Michel, Critical Examination
(source of rental/acquisition)2:00 - 2 :30 PM
Buffet at Goethe2:30 - 3:30
Round Table: Spreading Aids - Socio-Cultural and Infrastructural ContextProf. Ida Susser, Dept. of Anthropology, Hunter College CUNY
Dr. Margret Mbogoni, UN Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs
Clarence Dias, Center for Law in DevelopmentMonday May 12
President's Conference Room in cooperation with
the Graduate Social Research program and the HC Center on AIDS, Drugs, and Community Health6:30 - 10 PM
Alternative Perspectives on AIDS in the U.S.A.7:00 - 8 PM
Screening of THE GIFT, a documentary on sex practices in gay communities and the new phenomenon of intentional AIDS infection (source of rental/acquisition)8:00 - 9:00 PM
Panel:Louise Hogarth, director/ producer
Steven Hillyer or Tim Marmack, tbc,
Beatrice Krauss, Exec. Director, HC Center on AIDS
Claus Mueller, GSR/Media program, moderator9:00 - 10:00 PM
ReceptionIf you would like to attend the SHAPING THE AIDS AGENDA event on Wednesday, May 7, please register and bring photo ID to gain entrance to the event. Photo ID is not necessary at the Goethe Institute events but reservations for each session are necessary.
The Exchange has organized annual screening conferences on development issues and their impact on the global community since 1986 presenting close to five hundred documentaries and feature films and about eighty distinguished speakers. "The Terror of HIV/AIDS in Africa" continues our emphasis on Africa covered to date in conferences on policy issues such as "Children at War", "Islamic Perspectives on Society", "Migration: The South Comes North", and "The Survival of Children in the Development Process". No entry fees are charged for productions submitted, nor is there a charge for participating in part or all of the conference if you have been invited.
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