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Ojos Que No Ven
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Audience:
Latino teens and adults
Year:
1987
Speech Rate:
151 words/min
Large Words
Language(s):
Spanish
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This video presents a dramatization that depicts the variety of ways that individuals can become infected with HIV, and offers information about risk reduction. It emphasizes that AIDS is a disease that does not discriminate and that any unsafe behavior (such as unprotected sexual contact or sharing of infected needles) can put a person at risk of exposure to the AIDS virus.
The video emphasizes the importance of what a person chooses to do over who that person is, and the need to take responsibility for one’s own actions. It stresses the need for accurate information and AIDS education within Latino communities. A Hispanic barrio serves as the setting for a story about the lives of several neighbors whose lives are affected by AIDS in different ways. Doña Rosa discovers that her son, Manuel, is homosexual and then tries to find out as much as she can about AIDS. Manuel is a volunteer AIDS counselor who helps a married neighbor who discovers that a man with whom he has had sex has tested positive for HIV. Another neighbor, Ana María, is pregnant. Her unemployed husband, Pedro, has been having sex with a prostitute who injects drugs, which she buys from Carlos. From his friend, Billy Aldana, and Roberto, Billy’s counselor, Carlos learns how to clean needles with bleach. Doña Rosa visits Tomás, a coworker who is in the hospital, dying of AIDS. Doña Rosa and Manuel each talk with Isabel, Doña Rosa’s daughter, to make sure that she knows how to protect herself from AIDS. The video provides information about what AIDS is, how it affects the body, and how it is and is not transmitted. The efficacy of condoms for preventing infection is explained, but proper condom use and negotiation of safe sex are not explicitly demonstrated. A demonstration of cleaning needles with bleach is included. The importance of taking responsibility for one’s health and for protecting one’s partners is emphasized. The hospital scene with Rosa and Tomás includes extensive modeling of supportive and nonstigmatizing behavior toward people with AIDS, including touching and kissing them. The production appeals to the values of familismo (the importance of family support to overcome difficult situations), machismo (Joaquin’s reaction to the news of Gustavo’s positive test results), hembrismo (Doña Rosa’s reaction to protect her family from AIDS), and religiosity (religious images in Billy’s house and the Instituto Familiar de la Raza). Some information reported in the video-within-the-video is outdated (e.g., use of the term ARC). The acting and script are generally believable. The overall technical quality of the video is good. |
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