A Love Story

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Summary: For many different reasons, a woman wants to give up and stop her antiretroviral treatment. It’s up to her husband to come up with the right arguments to convince her to stay the course.

Sample topics for discussion:

1) The husband gives several reasons why his wife should continue her treatment. Which reasons do you remember?

2) Of all of the things that the husband says and does to convince his wife to continue her treatment, what do you think was most effective of all?

Directed by Fanta Régina Nacro, Burkina Faso (at left)

• Based on an original idea by Jean-Paul Brice Affana Affana, age 17, Cameroon (at right)
• Length: 7 minutes 25 seconds
• Production date: 2006
• Shot in Burkina Faso
• Currently available in: Dioula, English, Fon, French, Hausa, Igbo, Kinyarwanda, Kiswahili, Lingala, Mina, Mooré, Portuguese, Pulaar, Twi, Wolof, and Yoruba.

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