Introduction

The ICASA Film Festival (IFF) 2005 is an event supporting the International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa ICASA) through the mobilization of media. It seeks to sensitize, educate, and strengthen the struggle against AIDS by making available cinematic resources that make it possible to challenge current misconceptions about the disease and create a supportive voice for those who have suffered from this disease.

The ICASA Film Festival Coordinators can be contacted c/o the Department of Politics, 309 Muller at Ithaca College, 953 Danby Rd., Ithaca, NY 14850.


“We celebrate the creativity, passion and concern of those filmmakers who have committed themselves to using their arts as a medium for galvanizing us into action against AIDS. As we laugh and cry and share in the harsh realities of human suffering caused by the HIV virus, we wish to also share the courage of many who though affected by AIDS, have refused to be silenced and thus led the demand for rights, for treatment and prevention”….

Dr. Peyi Soyinka-Airewele, Ithaca College & the Alliance for Community Transformation, Africa.



Project Related Video Clips: (QuickTime required)

Creating the ICASA film fest – Volunteer voices
(2.2 MB)
Playwright Marissa Landrigan Interview
(7.8 MB)
Readings “Of Science and the Human Heart”
(5.1 MB)
Joseph Ewoodzie, Founding President of MAUYA, the African Students Association at Ithaca College. MAUYA has organized several drives here at IC to support the Chiedza Home for children orphaned by AIDS in Zimbabwe. (Video coming soon. )

 










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