Global Dialogues. A film in English with English subtitles. Two views on sexual diversity collide in this groundbreaking film based on ideas written by young Africans. On questions of tolerance vs. condemnation, understanding vs. prejudice, and love vs. hatred, where do YOU stand? This film was produced by Global Dialogues (www.globaldialogues.org).
CONCEPT NOTES:
Many decades ago, women who brazenly demanded the right to vote were vilified. They won.
In the latter half of the 20th century, in the United States and South Africa, for example, people of color fought for equal rights. They were often demonized. Many died. They scored monumental victories.
Since the early years of the AIDS epidemic, people living with the virus have made great strides (in some places more than others) in overcoming the initial stigmatization, discrimination, and even violence to which they were subjected.
For many -- hopefully almost all of us -- each of the following assertions ring as shameful statements from our backward past: "No right to participate because you're female." "Less than a man because you're black." "Not worthy of respect because of a virus in your blood."
Humanity's fights for decency and dignity aren't finished.
In today's sub-Saharan Africa (and not only...), a great many people shun and even hate fellow human beings simply because they happen to be attracted to people of the same sex. Members of the sexual diversity in Africa and their allies now stand where leaders of the woman-suffrage movement, the civil-rights and anti-Apartheid struggles, and the initial, compassionate AIDS-response community once stood.
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Global Dialogues: Established in 1997, Global Dialogues combines the creative genius of young people and the power of social change media to cultivate empathy, compassion and unity in diversity. We amplify youth voice in an innovative, intercreative program of social mobilization and global activism. Please join us in our efforts to envisage and create a healthier, more peaceful world.
The Global Dialogues films, based on stories submitted by creative youths in our writing contests, are crafted by leading filmmakers and emerging young talents. They address important global social issues, including crucially important human rights issues. Available in numerous languages, the films reach over 200 million people every year.
Our vision: Global Dialogues envisions a healthy, peaceful world in which an empathetic and compassionate humanity flourishes in a spirit of equality and unity in diversity.
Global Dialogues' mission: To promote global public health and societal well-being through integrated, youth-driven solutions fueled by creativity and multidisciplinary partnership.
Global Dialogues is coordinated internationally by The Global Dialogues Trust, UK-registered charity number 1071484.
