Intelligent, moving documentary about a dedicated young female Ethiopian-American doctor who is exploring the reasons for the frighteningly high rates of HIV infection among poor African-American women. Eventually she returns to her family homeland and finds much the same situation there. Along the way she discovers things not only about the disease, but about how women of all races and classes deal with men, power, and sexuality. We also get to know a couple of her patients, and their journey. Not a perfect film, but very worthwhile for managing to be powerfully personal and political, sad and hopeful, all at the same time And how nice to see a a film about a real, unglamorous, not-famous, African-American 'heroine' who is making a difference in the world.
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