AIDS In The Barrio:
Eso No Me Pasa A Mi

Year: 1990
Running Time: 29 minutes

Speech Rate: 150 words/min

Large Words
Average: 4.4
Minimum/Maximum: 0/24

Language(s): English (minimal spoken Spanish with English subtitles)

Purchase Price (VHS): $250 (institution); $59.95 (individual/non-profit)
Rental Price: $50

Distributor:
The Cinema Guild, Inc.
1697 Broadway
Suite 506
New York, NY 10019
(212) 246-5522 or FAX (212) 246-5525

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The interviewees appear to be predominantly of Puerto Rican heritage. The interviews are structured around the narration of Rev. Floyd Naters-Gamarra, who approaches the issue of AIDS in U.S. Latino communities as a problem whose roots lie in unemployment and illegal drug use.

Although the interviewees exemplify some of the attitudes and beliefs predominant among Latinos in the United States today, they also tend to highlight the downsides of some of the cultural values that could impede HIV/AIDS prevention. Twelve of the 36 people interviewed are women; of them only three display accurate knowledge about HIV/AIDS. Many of the men display stereotypical "machista" Latino male attitudes.

This video deals predominantly with psychosocial issues related to AIDS. There is no specific information regarding transmission routes, casual contact, or demonstration of condom use or needle cleaning. The only AIDS prevention information given is summarized by the graphic at the conclusion of the video which advises viewers to "use condoms" and "if you must use drugs, clean your works."

The language used in the video varies from extremely formal to the use of street language and slang terminology. Latino cultural values that are emphasized are familismo (family members are interviewed), religiosity and respect (the narrator is a religious leader), machismo (in the expressions of most of the men interviewed). Homophobia in the Latino community is discussed. The overall technical quality of the video is good.

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