TAKALANI SESAME PRESENTS TALK TO ME (TV)
Summary
This talk show, presented under the umbrella title of "Sesame Street," discusses the plight of people afflicted with the AIDS disease and/or the HIV virus in South Africa. In this episode, host Fezile Mpela talks to three families in the studio, with each discusssion preceded by a film about how AIDS/HIV affected their lives. In the first segment, a woman realizes that she's been neglecting her teen-age daughter since she's also caring for a six-year-old grandson who is HIV-positive. After getting help from a social worker, the woman learns to balance her family responsibilities more equitably. In the second segment, an HIV-positive mother, who has infected her second husband with the virus, seeks the best way to tell her six-year-old daughter about her condition. In addition, she makes progress with an older daughter who has remained emotionally isolated from the family. In the final segment, a 17-year-old girl taking care of her four brothers learns how to make the younger boys aware of the fact that their mother died of AIDS. Then, the five siblings attempt to come to terms with their loss. A promotional ad for the episode follows. Cataloging of this program was made possible by The New York Times Company Foundation.
Details
- NETWORK: SABC 2 (South Africa)
- DATE: December 1, 2004 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:57:39
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:85879
- GENRE: Education/Information
- SUBJECT HEADING: International Collection - South Africa; AIDS (Disease); HIV (Viruses); South Africa
- SERIES RUN: SABC 2 (South Africa) - TV, 2004
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- De Lanerolle, Indra … Executive Producer
- Neil McCarthy … Executive Producer
- Bronwyn Berry … Producer, Director
- Jahmil Qubeka … Director
- Shaun Pearce … Director
- Lesley Nkosi … Researcher
- Joel Assaizky … Music by
- Fezile Mpela … Host