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Fulbright in Namibia

Paul van der Veur

Dr. Paul van der Veur is Associate Professor and Chair of the Communication Studies Program at SUNY Cortland. This podcast is designed to document the results of van der Veur’s Fulbright experience in Namibia. Dr. van der Veur spent five months working with faculty, staff and students at the Polytechnic of Namibia. While there, van der Veur collaborated with Namibian film director Cecil Moller to train staff from the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation and independent filmmakers. The focus of their work was to produce a series of videos documenting the various ways people are living with the HIV/AIDS virus. In addition, van der Veur helped establish six community radio stations in the country. Support for this project was provided by the United States Department of State. Mr. Stanley Harsha, Celcil Moller and van der Veur secured supplemental funding through a grant from the President’s Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

  • 25 minutes 58 seconds
    Testimony
    In her youth, Vroutje did not listen to her mother. She discovers her own status after her three-month-old son is found to be HIV positive. She maintains a positive healing attitude through her faith and the support of her family.

    Director: Fetus Akwaake
    Camera: Joel Haikali
    Production Manager: Jacqueline Van Wyk
    Editor: Festus Akwaake
    Music: Macata Youth Choir, New Creation
    22 August 2006, 4:44 pm
  • 27 minutes 23 seconds
    Makiti Aftermath
    Sixteen-year-old Herlyn never thought it could happen to her. She was just looking for new ways to have fun. But after being raped by an HIV positive truck driver, she found herself desperate and in despair. Now 21, Herlyn finds solace in the fact that she is helping others avoid her fate.

    Director: Chrisjan Appollus
    Camera: Sebastian Gowaseb and Erastus Kadhikwa
    Production Manager: Erastus Kadhikwa
    Editor: Emilio Makabanyane
    Sound: Emilio Makabanyane and Sebastian Gowaseb
    15 August 2006, 5:02 pm
  • 25 minutes 55 seconds
    Climbing Kilimanjaro
    Elisabeth lives in the informal settlement of Kilimanjaro on the outskirts of Namibia’s capital city. She struggles to provide for herself and her three children with little chance of ever finding meaningful employment. Now, in addition to the burden of poverty, she must come to terms with her HIV status.

    Director: Natangwe Jimmy
    Camera: Edward Kasuto
    Production Manager: Reinhilde Ausiku
    Editor: Krischka Stoffels
    Music: Elemotho
    8 August 2006, 4:52 pm
  • 27 minutes 32 seconds
    Kaapena Shikututu Shalulu
    Kaalina Ekandjo was diagnosed with the HIV in November 1994. Since then, she has struggled to maintain her life, her dignity, and the integrity of her family in the face of malicious in-laws and the implications of ARV therapy

    Director: Elisabeth Hihangwapo
    Camera: Josephina Shikongo
    Production Manager: Oshosheni Hivelua
    Editor: Elisabeth Hihangwapo
    Assistant Editor: Oshosheni Hivelua
    Sound: Martha Namhadi
    Music: Toivo Swartz
    1 August 2006, 4:57 pm
  • 30 seconds
    Steps for the future
    This first installment is a trailer for Cecil Moller's 26-minute award winning documentary 'House of Love'. The trailer helps set the context for development of the video series being developed. Surrounded by vast expanses of desert and sea, the small Namibian harbour of Walvis Bay is the unlikely setting in which filmmaker Cecil Moller explores the lives of sex-workers. Dependent for their business on the brief visits of foreign shipping trawlers to this remote port, the women give revealing insights into the choices they have made and why they have made them. Their conflicts with notions of love, sex, sin and redemption become the main themes, while the threat of HIV/AIDS hangs ominously in the background. Find out more about this film at http://www.dayzero.co.za/steps/films/films_26/houseoflove.htm
    24 February 2006, 6:00 pm
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