Miss HIV

Written and directed by Jim Hanon (Beyond the Gates of Splendor, End of the Spear), and produced by Mart Green, the film explores the international collision of HIV/AIDS policies while following the journey of two HIV-positive women who enter a pageant in Botswana.

He traveled to the International AIDS Conference in Toronto and found that answering that question meant addressing the issue of controlling sexual behaviors and moral judgement, which is already a point of conflict between many church and homosexual communities.

Music group, The Newsboys joined Ethnographic Media in Africa during production not only as musicians, but also as members of the film making crew.

Contributing to the soundtrack of the film were international jazz artist Kirk Whalum, Anthony Crawford and Gospel rappers Caleb The Bridge and Mr.Del.

EGM recently announced that a portion of proceeds from the sale of the DVD will help provide DVDs free of charge to the Office of the First Lady and any African media outlets to use in AIDS prevention education efforts.