Hella Solutions blog: "Document. Share. Inspire."

I am heading back to Atlanta for some final audio pick-ups and a key interview I was unable to do when I was there last. It’s a fortunate thing to be able to get back there but considering that I’m supposed to have this project finished late-May to early-June…well, getting new material scares me a bit. But over half of what I’ll be getting will be very specific and will likely be plug-n-play when I get it back home. The interview on the other hand will be a bit of a challenge to organize.

One of the key questions I want to explore are the specific differences between organizing among Black women living with HIV/AIDS and those tactics/techniques used with groups of gay white men. This came up during one of my earlier interviews where it was said that SisterLove found that organizing models that worked in other communities (e.g. gay white men) didn’t necessarily translate straight across into the community they worked in. It is a very interesting issue but also an extremely crucial one in terms of combatting the increasing numbers of cases of HIV/AIDS in the African-American community. I believe SisterLove has many answers and I’d like to include those in this project. STAY TUNED.

But while we’re bringing up gay white men, one of the best film documentaries dealing with HIV/AIDS to date is one called “Silverlake Life: The View From Here.” If you don’t have it you can check it out here!. Seriously, this is crucial viewing on the subject of both HIV/AIDS and documentary studies.