Country:United States of America

Director:Peter Glenn

Program:World Parallel

Summary:

With 1.4 million HIV-infected people Tanzania is one of the most afflicted countries worldwide. Sociologist Mama Lyimo is amazed that years of education have not yet paid of. To find an explanation, she sets out on a 40 day tour around her native country to chart the epidemic. Strikingly frank, she speaks with fishing communities, meets the Maasai, enters into a discussion with priests who still oppose the use of condoms, visits orphanages and helps organisations that care for the millions of AIDS orphans. A remarkable element is the persisting discrepancy between knowledge and superstition.