Make It Real (to me) (2005)
*** (out of 4)
Disturbing documentary about a 16-year-old Kenyan boy who has been living alone for six years because both of his parents died of AIDS. Since he's about to become sexually active, he decides to go out and discover how he can protect himself from the virus. Several statistics from the HIV/AIDS issues in Africa are given in this film and it's rather shocking and mind boggling how stupid their government is when it comes to the issue of AIDS. The film claims that 47% of people in Africa have the virus yet the documentary shows that the majority of the people still aren't educated on the issue. The most shocking thing comes when the teenage boy asks an adult about using condoms and the adult tells him that they shouldn't be used. Other adults are interviewed and they too are telling children that condoms shouldn't be used as protection. It's also interesting that kids are kept in school for ten to eleven hours a day yet protection against the disease isn't being taught.
*** (out of 4)
Disturbing documentary about a 16-year-old Kenyan boy who has been living alone for six years because both of his parents died of AIDS. Since he's about to become sexually active, he decides to go out and discover how he can protect himself from the virus. Several statistics from the HIV/AIDS issues in Africa are given in this film and it's rather shocking and mind boggling how stupid their government is when it comes to the issue of AIDS. The film claims that 47% of people in Africa have the virus yet the documentary shows that the majority of the people still aren't educated on the issue. The most shocking thing comes when the teenage boy asks an adult about using condoms and the adult tells him that they shouldn't be used. Other adults are interviewed and they too are telling children that condoms shouldn't be used as protection. It's also interesting that kids are kept in school for ten to eleven hours a day yet protection against the disease isn't being taught.
