Film Archive

Portray of an Indonesian AIDS activist

Portray of an Indonesian AIDS activist

Length: 07:06

This film portrays Frika Chia Iskandar, 26, who is involved in the Asia Pacific Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS, APN+, and works in this NGO from the Bangkok headquarter. Frika is very active in international advocacy, promoting human rights, women's empowerment and human rihts in connection with HIV/AIDS.

Thailand - Confronting HIV/ AIDS

Thailand - Confronting HIV/ AIDS

Length: 05:50

This film will give you a quick overview of how the AIDS situation in Thailand, has developed between 1988 - 2004. After the early phase, a political leadership at top level helped to mobilze the community to successfully fight HIV/ AIDS. At the center was the Senator Mechai Viravaidya, in media called Mr Condom. He has been a real pioneer, in halting the spread of HIV/ AIDS in Thailand. Today there is free distribution of anti retro virals to people living with HIV and AIDS. This film ends with a story shot in 2004 about seventeen year old orphan, On, living with HIV since birth. She now lives at an orphanage and gets free medication each day. Her dream is that all people living with HIV/ AIDS will have free access to anti retro viral treatment.

Women at the Frontline (Original version)

Women at the Frontline (Original version)

Length: 24:49

This is the original version of Face of AIDS main film to the AIDS 2008 conference in Mexico City. The name is "Women at the Frontline" and it portrays four young women living with HIV/AIDS and also deeply involved in the global response to HIV/AIDS. These women are: Frika Chia Iskandar,26, from Jakarta, now involved in the Asian Pacific Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS, APN+, based in Bangkok. Violeta Gracia Ross, from La Paz in Bolivia, is involved in REDBOL, Bolivian People living with HIV/AIDS and is also active on the Latin America arena in fighting stigma and discrimination. Skytt Nzambu, is involved in Kenya Women Network living with AIDS, KENWA abd focusing her work on young people and children. Toni Ros is a Swedish high school art student, 18 years old, living with HIV/AIDS since birth. She is involved in HIV Sweden and is using her art to fight stigma and discrmination.


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Women at the Frontline (Short version)

Women at the Frontline (Short version)

Length: 06:54

This is a six minute short version of Face of AIDS main film to the AIDS 2008 conference in Mexico City. The name is "Women at the Frontline" and it portrays four young women living with HIV/AIDS and also deeply involved in the global response to HIV/AIDS. These women are: Frika Chia Iskandar,26, from Jakarta, now involved in the Asian Pacific Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS, APN+, based in Bangkok. Violeta Gracia Ross, from La Paz in Bolivia, is involved in REDBOL, Bolivian People living with HIV/AIDS and is also active on the Latin America arena in fighting stigma and discrimination. Skytt Nzambu, is involved in Kenya Women Network living with AIDS, KENWA abd focusing her work on young people and children. Toni Ros is a Swedish high school art student, 18 years old, living with HIV/AIDS since birth. She is involved in HIV Sweden and is using her art to fight stigma
and discrmination.


[View original 25 min version]

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