Eliphas has everything. He is a strong handsome soldier with a monthly paycheck and a family at home in the village. He thinks he is living the life that he fought for and deserves, when one day he gets the shock of his life and finds out that he might have more than he bargained for... he might be HIV+. Shocked and afraid, he lies awake at night worrying about what friends and family will think and what he should decide to do. Should he get tested? She has a wife at home and she desperately wants more children...what if he tests positive? How can he tell his wife? What should he do?
Remembering Eliphas Part 2
"Remembering Eliphas Part 2" was produced for the Namibian Ministry of Defence by Social Marketing Association, as an HIV/Aids awareness video.
Eliphas, a soldier in the Namibian Defense Force, is a good man, strong and true to his country and profession. Nambata is his faithful wife whom he married out of love 16 years ago. They have overcome many challenges, are bound by history, share young children, cattle and a large extended family. Eliphas contracted the HIV virus, and as his secrets are revealed, tensions rise and panic and misleading myths in the community affect his wife and children. To be a soldier requires the willingness to die for one´s country and supreme bravery. But is Eliphas brave enough to face this new and elusive enemy? In this heart warming family drama, watch how love, forgiveness, understanding and tolerance unite a family against the largest health threat of our times. Find out if love is enough to help Eliphas and Nambata overcome infidelity, family turmoil, community stigma, discrimination and chronic illness.
Personen: Steynberg, Ernst
DVD 117
Steynberg, Ernst:
Remember Eliphas I & II / Ernst Steynberg : AfricAvenir, 2002/2007. - 37/38 min
Best.-Nr.: 0006587001
Film (DVD)