The Champions Part 1 - Scenarios from Africa

Two car mechanics, owners of their own garages, challenge one another to a game-show duel: whose staff can do a better job of mastering the facts of HIV/AIDS? The hilarious final comes down to penalty-shot questions on the tricky topic of sexually transmitted infections. And the winner is....

Directed by Fanta Régina Nacro, Burkina Faso; based on original ideas by Abdoul-Razakh Cissé, aged 22, Burkina Faso, and Facely Jefami Millimono, aged 19, Guinea.

Abu, the dashing star of talk radio, can't believe his ears when a young caller says that protecting herself from HIV is no longer important, because AIDS medicines are now available. In dramatic fashion, Abu drives home the point that this is no time to drop one's guard.

Co-directed by Hamet Fall Diagne and Olga Kiswendsida Ouédraogo; written by Hamet Fall Diagne.

Scenarios from Africa is a community mobilisation, education and media project about HIV/AIDS carried out with and for young people.

It gives children and young adults an exciting opportunity to educate themselves and others about HIV/AIDS by inviting them to participate with internationally acclaimed directors in the production of a collection of short films.

The films are based on ideas thought up by young people in a series of contests. So far, over 105,000 young people from 37 African countries have taken part in these contests. Over a thousand local and international partner organisations are involved in organising the contests and selecting the winning ideas.

Twenty-eight short fiction films are currently available. Some of the films are very touching, others extremely funny. They are distributed on a non-commercial basis across Africa and well beyond, for broadcast on national television stations and on international satellite networks.

Scenarios from Africa is coordinated by Global Dialogues - a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting excellence in education and communication about HIV/AIDS.

For more information about Scenarios From Africa please visit the Global Dialogues website.

http://www.globaldialogues.org/

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