O meu marido esta a negar

O meu marido esta a negar is a 2007 documentary film about a play of the same name, written and directed by Rogrio Manjate. The film and play both discuss HIVAIDS issues. Manjate directed the awardwinning short I Love You, also concerning HIVAIDS, the same year. The films title means My Husband is in Denial.

The Theatre of the Oppressed is an interactive style that originated in Brazil and has been exported to over 70 countries on five continents. The format was created by Augusto Boal, who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his success in using theater as a tool for social activism. O meu marido esta a negar has been performed as a play throughout Mozambique as part of a program to overcome cultural obstacles in the treatment and prevention of HIV. It is presented in public places markets, schools and businesses and the public is invited to attend and present their own solutions to the unequal power relations shown in the play. The result is more effective than a lecture in Portuguese or distribution of written material to a largely illiterate population.Alvim Cossa, an actor who lost four members of his family from HIVAIDS, described a performance in a busy market in Maputo We asked the public to put themselves in the place of the oppressed character, the pregnant wife, and to suggest solutions to her dilemma. Dressed in her skirt and head scarf, men and women in the audience took the place of the wife to encourage her husband to do the test, or explain that you can use traditional medicine, but for HIV should go to the hospital all contribute to the education of the spectators. ........

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