Director: Kat Cheairs
ENDING SILENCE, SHAME & STIGMA: HIV/AIDS IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY explores the impact of HIV/AIDS on the Black community and addresses the complex social issues factoring into the high rate of infection among African Americans.
Topics addressed include women's studies; addiction; African American studies; family relationships; Christianity; sexuality and religion; sexual behavior in the African American community; judgement of those who have the disease; and the need for cross-gender dialogue in progressive churches and in the community.
Reviews
~ "You have managed to show that this disease is still a deadly one¡ªparticularly for our community, and particularly for Black women. You have done this while putting a very human face on the depressing statistics and while simultaneously offering a sense of hope." - Todd McFadden, Upperman African American Cultural Center, DirectorUniversity of North Carolina at Wilmington
~ "¡The end is in sight for this disease, medically. But if we don't go hand in hand with the stigma problem, along with the medical advancement, then we're never going to defeat it. ¡ And the way we do that is to be more compassionate, more understanding, more loving toward each other. We have to change attitudes." - Elton John, Keynote Address, International AIDS conference, Washington, D.C. July 2012
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