UNAFF 2005 : Films : Speak Luvo Speak Jane

SPEAK LUVO SPEAK JANE
Peter Jordan / The Bernard van Leer Foundation (Kenya/South Africa/USA) 14'25"

Description:
In African communities plagued by AIDS, what has been the impact of the epidemic on the minds of the continent‚s youngest children? With the disease still kept a secret, what have children been left to infer on their own about the sickness seen and heard everyday around them? In Speak Luvo Speak Jane eight-year-old Luvo and five-year-old Jane share their impressions growing up in South Africa and Kenya, as they struggle to overcome the deadly impact of AIDS on their families. Local nursery school children, equipped with plastic video cameras, document how children in their villages understand AIDS and what we can do to help their orphaned friends.

Biography:
Peter Jordan is a filmmaker and director of Localfilms, a grassroots production company that partners with international humanitarian organizations to empower communities through film. Each of its participatory projects is co-directed by local children or adults, who are provided with the equipment and knowledge to make their own movies. These community-based films have screened at conferences in Asia, Europe, and America and in villages throughout Africa.

Contact Information:
Peter Jordan, Director
Localfilms
E-mail: peter@localfilms.org
URL: www.localfilms.org/luvo