BALKA - Women, Drugs, and HIV in Ukraine

2010. 36 minutes. Russian with English subtitles. A three-part documentary film from the Open Society Institute about the effect on women of the drug-related HIV epidemic in Eastern Europe. Directed and Edited by Anya Meksin and Leeza Meksin. Produced by Sophie Pinkham. Music by Jeff McSpadden. Sound Design by Cesar Davila-Irizarry.

Part 1: Zina and Marina—best friends and active drug users, who are about to discover their HIV status; Part 2: Tanya--a mother of two who has transitioned into substitution treatment but whose husband continues to use drugs; Part 3: Galya--a former user who now works as a peer-to-peer outreach worker.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• replacement therapy
• substitution treatment
• heroine
• intravenous drugs
• needles
• harm reduction

[freeweedable]

we can blame our higher government for aids they put it here as population control

[ZHOPA777]

i moved to nyc from kiev, ukraine when i was 7 but i still see these girls as my people and cant help but cry along with them...truly painful to watch

[mrcharles007]

every country has it's problems

[SethHesio]

@pajutar :)

[JulBogdanova]

Amazing work !

[pajutar]

Ha! Just stumbled on this by coincidence. Good work, Anya! -Emily C.

[tatatararam]

потрясающий фильм

[TheCossackmate]

Very good work with hard topic ... Ukraine needs movies like this because of help.

[TheCossackmate]

Russian mafia legacy in Ukraine ...