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In South Africa, when “Mama” is attached to your name, you have been given a title of great respect. You have earned it by nourishing not only your own family, but your entire community. Mama Nozake has done much to deserve the title…
Mama’s community of Motherwell is a township of about a million people in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. It is a community where people have very little in the way of material goods or even provisions to meet basic needs. What they do have is a distinction no community wants…one of the highest HIV/AIDS rates in the world.
But they also have Mama Nozake. Her lack of formal education (fifth grade) is more than overcome by her insight, wisdom and determination. She feeds 200 children a day, manages an AIDS support group, supervises a community garden, and has started a crèche. She also manages community care workers who visit those with HIV/AIDS…bringing them food, medicine, and love.
I met Mama Nozake in 2008 and was impressed by her story and the difficulties she has overcome to make a difference in her community. Hers is a story that is begging to be told. And it is my great honor to bring it to you
Offical selection of the
Life Fest Film Festival, LA Convention Center, April 16.
Official selection of
Griffon International Film Festival.
Showing Feb. 4 at 7:00p.m.
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