The Tree and the Wind

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Summary: Young Fatim is worried. Her uncle is about to follow tradition and marry his brother’s widow. But what if the brother died of AIDS? Fatim asks her grandmother the crucial question: “What path should be taken if our traditions and our health are at odds with one another?”

Sample topics for discussion:

1) What traditional practices or customs could put people at risk of HIV infection?

2) How can those practices or customs be changed so that people are protected from HIV?

 

Directed by Mahamat Saleh Haroun, Chad

Based on original ideas by Adama Ouédraogo, aged 20, Burkina Faso (photo at right); Aïchata Diallo, aged 21, Mali; and Badibalaki Wembie, aged 18, Togo

• Length: 8 minutes 56 seconds
• Production date: 2004
• Shot in Chad
• Currently available in: American Sign Language, Chadian Arabic, Dioula, English, Fon, French, Igbo, Kinyarwanda, Kiswahili, Lingala, Mina, Mooré, Portuguese, Pulaar, Twi, Wolof, and Yoruba.

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