Copyright 2026, Documentary Educational Resources https://store.der.org/bellows-sierra-c768all.aspx Mon, 21 Sep 2026 06:02:20 GMT 60 Nexternal RSS 2.0 en-us https://store.der.org/lifecycles-p670.aspx Product670 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 06:41:00 GMT <div style="float:left"><a class="url" href="https://store.der.org/lifecycles-p670.aspx"><img src="//cdn.nexternal.com/der/images/lifecycles.jpg" alt="Lifecycles" border="0" hspace="3"></a></div><span class="riRssTitle"><a href="https://store.der.org/lifecycles-p670.aspx">Lifecycles</a></span><br><a href="https://store.der.org/lifecycles-p670.aspx">Buy Now:</a> <span color="#990000"><b>$295.00</b></span> <br /><br /><div>Malawi is a small country in South East Africa that has reached a turning point — it will either sink into unknown depths of despair and poverty or it must grow and change with AIDS as a catalyst. <i>Lifecycles: A Story of AIDS in Malawi </i>explores the themes of sex, witchcraft, poverty, death and religion in relation to AIDS.&nbsp;<div><br /></div><div>With a soulful soundtrack from Bobby McFerrin, the film was shot over eight months and encompasses both the depth and breadth of a culture under siege. <i>Lifecycles</i> captures the intimate stories of people living with AIDS, traditional healers who claim to cure it, and prostitutes who put themselves at risk each night.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Educated and powerful politicians speak frankly about losing 29 members of parliament to AIDS, and one of only thirty-seven HIV positive Malawians then receiving ARV treatment shares his feelings of unmerited privilege.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Lifecycles</i> is both earnest and uplifted as it uses the words of Malawians to reveal a nation for whom illness is mistaken for a witch's spell and physical love is dangerous.</div><div><br /></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><div>“An intelligent and clear-eyed look at the plague that is devestating sub-Saharan Africa.” — Steven Wise, <i>Take One</i></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>“It was very moving… an excellent documentary.” — Barry Berak, <i>New York Times Magazine</i></div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div><b>Films in the Development Communications Workshop series</b></div><div><a href="https://store.der.org/if-it-doesnt-rain-p731.aspx">If It Doesn't Rain</a></div><div><a href="https://store.der.org/if-it-doesnt-rain-p731.aspx">If It Doesn't Rain: First Return</a></div><div><a href="https://store.der.org/its-a-young-country-p726.aspx">It's A Young Country: Turkey and Akbank</a></div><div><div><div><a href="https://store.der.org/lifecycles-p670.aspx">Lifecycles</a></div></div><div><a href="https://store.der.org/malawis-green-revolution-p605.aspx">Malawi's Green Revolution</a></div></div><div><a href="https://store.der.org/paths-of-hope-p504.aspx">Paths of Hope</a></div><div><br /></div><div><hr><br /></div><div><b>SELECTED SCREENINGS &amp; AWARDS</b></div><div>Official Selection, Atlantic Film Festival, 2003</div><br /><br />Visit <a href="https://store.der.org/bellows-sierra-c768all.aspx">Bellows, Sierra</a> to see additional products in this category.</div>