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Session: APHA Film Festival: IH #3 - Public Health, Conflict and War: Rwanda and Uganda
3389.0: Monday, November 06, 2006: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM
Oral
APHA Film Festival: IH #3 - Public Health, Conflict and War: Rwanda and Uganda
Learning Objectives: As a result of attending, participants will have increased knowledge of the topics raised in the films; and will understand the vital role that film and video can play in addressing public health and international health issues.
4:30 PMWelcoming Remarks
4:35 PMGod Sleeps in Rwanda (28 min.) Kimberlee Acquaro and Stacy Sherman, Dirs. Ten+ years after the Rwandan genocide, women are picking up the pieces of their lives and communities even as they struggle with the aftermath of rape and its impact – in many cases, HIV/AIDS. Available from Women Make Movies, www.wmm.org.
5:05 PMGulu Stories (excerpt; 20 min.) Rex Miller, Dir. The practice of kidnapping children to serve as soldiers (or, in the case of girls, as sex slaves) is widespread in northern Uganda, where civil war has raged for years. Youth known as “night commuters” trek each evening from remote villages into safe houses in the city. Information: rexpixfilm@earthlink.net.
5:30 PMDiscussion
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:APHA-Film & Technology Theater
Endorsed by:Maternal and Child Health

The 134th Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 4-8, 2006) of APHA