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Karate Kids/Los Niños Karatecas
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Audience:
Children and youth
Year:
1990
Speech Rate:
102 words/min (English); 101 words/min (Spanish)
Large Words
Language(s):
English version; Spanish version
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The intent of this animated drama is to warn children about unprotected sex and commercial sexual exploitation as a possible source for the transmission of AIDS. The story is about a group of street children who live in an abandoned building and spend their days at the marketplace trying to earn or steal money in order to survive.
The informal leaders of the group are Karate (named Karate in the Spanish version) and his girlfriend, Rosa, who are older than the rest of the children. Rosa and Karate take care of them, warn them against going for a ride with strangers, and teach them about AIDS. This cartoon is of a multi-cultural nature and the characters are drawn with darker colored skin to represent various ethnic groups. The story is accompanied by very lively and upbeat music. The overall technical quality is good. The video illustrates one of the ways in which AIDS can be transmitted, unprotected sexual contact. There is limited discussion of casual contact and how to use a condom. There is no mention of needle-sharing as a possible HIV transmission route and no demonstration of condom negotiation. The illustration used to show the correct use of a condom is ambiguous. |
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