External Media
Multimedia Presentations
- World Vision: AIDS Experience [link]
Follow the lives of Olivia and Stephen, two Malawian children whose lives are directly affected by the AIDS epidemic, in this moving and interactive story. Their stories help to expose two reasons why the epidemic is prevalent in Africa: the myth that having sex with a virgin will cure AIDS and war. They also help convey the emotional impact that AIDS has on the individual and provide a closer perspective into the personal experiences of an AIDS victim.
- Florida Sun Sentinel: AIDS Orphans [link]
This flash presentation uses a combination of video, photography, and audio to create a powerful overview of HIV/AIDS and AIDS orphans in Southern Florida and the Caribbean.
Films and Documentaries:
- Beat the Drum [link]
Here is a trailer for a touching film about an AIDS orphan in South Africa who ventures from his Zulu village into the city in search of work. Along the way he learns about AIDS and how it is affecting nearly everyone in his community.
- Angels in the Dust [link]
This is a trailer for a documentary about an orphanage for AIDS orphans in South Africa.
- Blood of Yingzhou District [link]
This is a trailer for a documentary about the lives of AIDS orphans in the Yingzhou community in China.
- Sentinels of Henan [link]
See the powerful story of a girl orphaned by AIDS in China. Her community ignores her needs and rejects her, but Bejing’s Loving Source Information Consulting Center efforts have helped her to establish relationships and get an education.
- I Promise Africa [link]
Witness a journalist's heart-warming promise to AIDS orphans who have died in Africa.