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Event Details: Grandmother To Grandmother: New York to Tanzania 177-179 Grace Dodge Hall
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HBS Film Documentary Event
John Ankele’s documentary film, “Grandmother To Grandmother: New York to Tanzania,” examines the lives of grandmothers on two continents who are living with the effects of AIDS in their families and communities. It won a CINE Golden Eagle in July 2009. According to the film's directors, in Sub-Saharan Africa, AIDS is wiping out a generation of parents, leaving 13 million orphans behind. A similar thing is happening in cities all across America—AIDS, drugs, and violence are wiping out a generation of parents, leaving millions of children behind. Grandmothers, often impoverished themselves, are rescuing the children and struggling to raise them.
This film introduces two projects—one in the Bronx, one in Tanzania—and tells the stories of how community partnerships are working to transform situations fraught with confusion and fear into opportunities for renewal and hope. The documentary recently won a CINE Golden Eagle award.
On Monday, September 14, 2009, 3:00 – 5:00 PM, the Department of Health and Behavior Studies at Teachers College will present this award-winning documentary. John Ankele, the co-producer and co-director of “Grandmother To Grandmother: New York to Tanzania,” and two other members of the project, will talk about their experiences in making the film and lead a discussion about this critical topic.
About John Ankele
John Ankele and collaborator Anne Macksoud have worked together for twenty years. Their issue oriented documentaries in the area of social justice and public policy have been broadcast on PBS, cable, and network television and have been shown at countless film festivals in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Titles include: Arms For the Poor; The Global Banquet: Politics of Food; Coming To Say Goodbye--Stories of AIDS in Africa; William Sloane Coffin: A Lover’s Quarrel With America; Beyond the Politics of Life and Choice; and a New Conversation on Abortion.
More information can be found at: http://olddogdocumentaries.com/
Type: Lectures & Talks
Location: 177-179 GDH
Date & Time: 9/14/2009, 3:00:00 PM - 5:00:00 PM
Website: No website specified.
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