A flourishing garden makes for a healthy family. This short documentary, and the four support videos that accompany it, are a guide for better farming and thus better living.
Rita has a lot going for her- she is bright, talented, and has a steady boyfriend. She is soon to graduate from secondary school and has plans to go to university. At 16, it seems that life is at its peak- until she discovers that she is pregnant. The consequences are staggering.
Anna and John have a good life together. They have two beautiful children, and a lovely home. For all these reasons, Anna should be happy and she can’t understand why she is not. She’s exhausted, but cannot sleep. She has no appetite and feels afraid all the time. She cries silently so no one will hear. But someone does hear, and her life does change.
Dead Mums Don’t Cry shows one woman’s struggle to stop mothers in her country from dying. She’s Grace Kodindo, an obstetrician in poverty-stricken Chad. There, one out of eleven women dies in childbirth. There, this investigation shows that there is reason for hope.
North Kivu, in the eastern corner of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has been described as one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a woman. Since 1998, as the Congolese army has battled against a number of rebel militias, 5.5 million civilians have been killed and more than half a million women raped in the country. It is estimated that the conflict is now bloodier than any since World War II. In ‘Grace Under Fire’ we follow Dr Grace Kodindo, a leading advocate of reproductive health care and rights, as she explores what help is available for the people affected by the fighting. Do the women in North Kivu have access to the emergency services, health care and specialist drugs they need? Grace talks to doctors, nurses and ordinary people to find answers.
Thandi is a teenager, ready for anything and ripe for love. She is flirting with womanhood and the township beckons. As her life spins out of control and beyond her parents’ reach, Thandi has to learn that playing with love may mean toying with her life.
Music and lyrics are perfectly matched in this thought-provoking music video compilation of popular Tanzanian artists. With themes ranging from parentchild communication to stigma, each of the eight music videos is carefully designed to highlight important issues surrounding HIV/AIDS. Contemporary Tanzanian artists include Banana Zorro, Lady Jaydee, Mzee Yusuph, Enika, Flora Mbasha, Bitchuka, Paul Ndunguru and Carola Kinasha.
This documentary draws a parallel between two young mothers in two very different countries, who depend on direct-cash aid. Dawn lives in Wales and supports three children. Asemu lives in Ethiopia. Her cash payments support two children. We see them when they begin to receive the payments and a few months later, after both have been overspending.
Sugar Daddy likes his women young and sweet. He lives on short-term pleasures, seducing young girls for one night stands. He will soon find out the long-term consequences of his quick seductions.
Fatuma is a young girl from Southern Tanzania. Despite her mother’s appeal, her father refuses to provide her with basic school needs even though he is capable. Consequently she falls prey to roving young men.
