Marion Mayor-Hohdahl
15 films Found
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In South Africa it is grassroots projects that are spearheading the fight against the country's AIDS epidemic. We enter the day-to-day world of these groups and discover a committed army of activists taking the disease head-on. From an orphanage for abandoned children suffering with AIDS to a grandmothers' support group, this doc offers an invaluable overview of the spectrum of the AIDS crisis in…
Whatever happened to the comrades of Soweto? Have they actually benefited from the changes they helped bring about? This week's beautifully filmed documentary takes you straight into their world. It's a world of gangs, violence and crime - where the police are too scared to patrol the streets and the early optimism has been replaced by despair. Made by renowned filmmaker Marion Mayer-Hohdahl and…
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In South Africa, cultural dismissal and ignorance surrounding AIDS is making advances against the disease almost impossible.
South Africa has more HIV suffers than any other country in the world. Ignorance about the disease is leading to babies being raped as a 'cure'.
In the rape and AIDS capital of the world the rituals of virginity testing are gaining renewed importance.
For many South Africans, law and order has collapsed. But this is a nation which is used to fighting back. 'In South African law it's permitted to even kill someone in self-defence' says the manufacturer of a car designed to emit a ball of fire if anyone tries to hijack it. He claims South Africans are tired of 'liberal Europeans' who don't understand how serious the country's crime problem is. I…
In South Africa’s townships, ballroom dancing is conquering the dance floors, and it’s an encouragingly mixed-race affair.
A look at the controversial methods used to manage animal populations in South Africa's Kruger Park.
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