Film Archive
African perspectives 1987
Length: 04:38
This is an excerpt from one of the first documentaries on AIDS and Africa produced by British Channel 4 in 1987. The title of the film was “African Perspectives”, focusing on how the virus started to spread at an alarming rate through the Pan African Highway in countries like Uganda and Tanzania in the late 80´s.
Uganda - The early years
Length: 02:50
This film on Uganda, shows some unique images from Uganda, central Africa, from 1986, in the early phase of the AIDS pandemic, when truck drivers and prostitutes spread the virus. Thease images are excerpts from Channel 4, London documenary "African Perspevtives" from 1986. Uganda became one of the worst hit countries in Africa early on. Rose Kizito from the TASO Project, explains how Aids hit the Rakai district in 1982. Norein Kaleeba, founder of the TASO project makes a personal reflection of the early years and comparing Uganda and San Francisco.
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