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The Beloved Ones

Samantha MOORE

UK, Uganda, The Netherlands
2007
7min
Beta, Digi-beta
color
Animation, Documentary

SYNOPSIS

The Beloved Ones tells true stories of two African women living with the repercussions of HIV/AIDS in a compelling and intimate portrait.

The Beloved Ones is an animated documentary based on the true stories of two African women living with the repercussions of HIV/AIDS. Maureen is the head of the family at the age of 16 after she lost her parents to AIDS. Anna is 42 years old woman who is confirmed HIV positive. Hoping her children to have different lives from hers, Anna prepares them before her imminent death and preaches them to study hard and get decent jobs and tells them that such jobs will be their parents or husbands. The film weaves their two stories in a compelling and lyrical portrait reflecting the African women in the present and the future. (CHO Hye-young)

PROGRAM NOTE

Synopsis
The Beloved Ones tells true stories of two African women living with the repercussions of HIV/AIDS in a compelling and intimate portrait.

Program Note
The Beloved Ones is an animated documentary based on the true stories of two African women living with the repercussions of HIV/AIDS. Maureen is the head of the family at the age of 16 after she lost her parents to AIDS. Anna is 42 years old woman who is confirmed HIV positive. Hoping her children to have different lives from hers, Anna prepares them before her imminent death and preaches them to study hard and get decent jobs and tells them that such jobs will be their parents or husbands. The film weaves their two stories in a compelling and lyrical portrait reflecting the African women in the present and the future. (CHO Hye-young)

Director

Samantha MOORESamantha MOORE

Samantha MOORE is a senior lecturer in animation at the University of Wolverhampton. The Beloved Ones received a special mention from the grand jury at Anifest, Zagreb 2008.

Credit

ProducerJoshka WESSELS
Cast Leonora CRICHLOW, Josette SIMON
Screenwriter Samantha MOORE
Cinematography Samantha MOORE
Art director Samantha MOORE
Editor Samantha MOORE
Sound George BEASLEY

Opening Film (1)	New Currents (18)
Asian Spectrum: Chinese Women’s Cinema in the New Century (6)	Polemics: The Places (8)
Ani-x: Dream, Mind and Reality in Animation (36)	Korean Cinema Retrospective: Seoul Flâneuses (10)
Queer Rainbow: the Q word (7)	Open Cinema (4)
Asian Short Film & Video Competition (16)	Dacumentary Ock Rang Award (1)
Media Workshop for Women Migrants: Salad Woman with a Camera of Hope (8)