Country:Netherlands

Director:Jacqueline van Vugt

Program:Contemporary World Cinema

Summary:

Ami Diarra sees it as her mission to educate the residents of a mining town on Aids and organizes an informal meeting on the disease. Because of her respected position as a griot- a West African musician considered to be protector and narrator of the oral tradition and history –she succeeds in reaching many people. Unfortunately, the authorities will not take her seriously, as we witness when she asks the local health centre to support her campaign. Apparently they will only work with NGOs.