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The following are a few of the messages young people in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, identified in the film No Time to Drop Your Guard during a 2009 evaluative study of the Scenarios from Africa films: “You shouldn’t leave the door open to HIV by telling yourself that AIDS medicines will just take care of everything if you catch it. But those who are already infected can live a long time by following their ARV treatment.” “If a man asks us to prove our love for him by having sex without a condom, we should categorically refuse.” “The main message of this film was to show people that even if you have HIV, it’s not the end of the world, but you must follow your treatment seriously.”
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No Time to Drop Your Guard
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Summary: 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.
Sample topics for discussion:
1) If someone told you that they no longer think it’s important to protect themselves from HIV, what would you say to them?
2) What do you think the girl in the film should do now? How should she deal with her health concerns? What do you think she’s learned from this situation?
Co-directed by young talents Olga Kiswendsida Ouédraogo, Burkina
Faso, and Hamet Fall Diagne, Senegal (both shown at left). Written by Hamet Fall Diagne.
- Length: 9 minutes 17 seconds
- Production date: 2004
- Shot in: Burkina Faso
- Currently available in: American Sign Language, Dioula, English, Fon, French, Igbo, Kinyarwanda, Kiswahili, Lingala, Mina, Mooré, Portuguese, Pulaar, Twi, Wolof, and Yoruba.
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