AEGiS-BKREV: Fighting for Our Lives

Fighting for Our Lives

Distributed by Women Make Movies, 225 Lafayette St., #207, New York, NY 10012. Color video, time, 29:00. $175.00.
Center for Women's Policy Studies. 1992 (c1990).

This beautiful video is not about AIDS in particular but about how to educate women about AIDS. It is a collection of interviews, snapshots of organizations, and straight talk from various narrators. The "how we do something good" approach has been put into 29 minutes of beautiful photography, pleasant background music, and selective coverage that emphasizes women of color. It covers the Asian-Pacific communities, Native Americans, Latinos, and African-American women in California and Washington, DC. Since women are the main caregivers in any health-related situation, they are depicted in that role in this video. With the Asian-Pacific women one has to go to the workplace to educate them; with Native Americans you need to speak in their languages; with Latinos you are faced with rejection by the family when someone has AIDS; and with the African-Americans you need to speak in straight forward terms.

Excellent examples are shown through the work of such groups as the Native American Women's Health Resource Center, DC Women's Council on AIDS, and National Resource Center on Women. This is a very worthwhile video that should be shown at all women's health centers where AIDS is a concern. It is non-threatening with a message that cannot be missed, stressing that education and working together is one of the best ways to fight AIDS. Schools that have progressed to having more than just a passing mention about AIDS should have this video and show it on a regular basis to all women students. Highly recommended. (H. Robert Malinowsky)

Keywords: Women, Latinos, Asian-Pacific, Native Americans, Education

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