Love – Stories in a time of HIV & AIDS is a series of 10 half hour films for television from 10 countries in southern Africa which explores the many facets of love.

The series is rooted in rich research, and forms part of the OneLove the largest cross border HIV prevention campaign in the region which is tackling the issue of multiple concurrent partners.

The 10 films are:

1. Second Chances (Botswana film)
2. Monna oa Motsamai – The travelling man(Lesotho film)
3. After the Honeymoon (Malawi film)
4. Traídos pela traição – Betrayed (Mozamabique film)
5. Against the Odds (Namibia film)
6. Umtshwato – The Wedding (SA film)
7. Bloodlines (Swaziland film)
8. Chaguo – The Choice (Tanzania film)
9. When The Music Stops (Zambia film)
10. Big House Small House (Zimbabwe film)

Building on prior success

The UNTOLD series was broadcast on TV across the region in 2008

The campaign, led by the Soul City Institute in South Africa, works in partnership with nine other southern African countries as well as regional partners.

Love – Stories in a time of HIV & AIDS builds on the success of the Untold television series which earned international recognition and was shown at film festivals in both Europe and America.

You can watch excerpts from selected films in the Untold series here, here and here.

Access the evaluation report of Untold here)

Love – Stories in a time of HIV & AIDS, is also the culmination of an ambitious capacity building programme, in which 120 people (writers, producers, technical crew and directors from 10 countries) were trained and mentored in the development and production of effective and entertaining drama.

Broadcast schedule across countries

Three countries have not confirmed their dates yet: Mozambique for “Traídos pela traição – Betrayed” , Namibia  for “Against All Odds” and Swaziland for “Bloodlines.”

Watch scenes from the films

For more information about each film, click on the hyperlinked film title or use the  sub-menu  of the “Love – Stories in a time of HIV & AIDS” located on the menu panel.

You can also read the latest articles about the films that we have published below.

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