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Title:

The bicycle : fighting AIDS with community medicine / National Film Board of Canada presents ; written & directed by Katerina Cizek ; producer, Gerry Flahive.

Publisher:

National Film Board of Canada,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

1 videodisc (16 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Chingawale, Pax.
AIDS (Disease)--Malawi--Prevention.
AIDS activists--Malawi.
AIDS (Disease)--Prevention.
Public health--Malawi.
Community health services--Malawi.
Dignitas International.
Documentary videos.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Cizek, Katerina, director. director. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2007142038
Flahive, Gerry, producer. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no99082070
National Film Board of Canada. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80120516

Notes:

This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives. "A project of the National Film Board of Canada Fimmaker-in-Residence." Originally produced in 2005. "This video includes the short version of 'The Bicycle' created for World AIDS Day."--Container. Special features: about Dignitas International; about the NFB filmmaker-in-residence. Restricted to home use or face to face teaching.

Contents:

The bicycle (full version) (13 min.) -- The bicycle PSA (2 min.).

Summary:

An intimate look at AIDS in Africa and an inspiring example of how local communities can join with global medical expertise to battle the deadly disease. Documentary chronicles the work of Dignitas International in Malawi, and specifically volunteer Pax Chingawale's journeys as he battles AIDS at the grassroots.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)71376341

UPC:

698193169392

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)