A sensitive and warmly told story by Heather Ellis, mother and wife, diagnosed HIV positive in 1997 upon returning to Australia from a trip to Africa. Heather’s greatest fear is the stigma which may be attached to her son Ethan who is HIV negative but yet she feels privileged that medication is available in Australia for recovery and prevention of positive babies being born. In Africa they do not have this privilege.
Content notification
Our collection comprises over 40,000 moving image works, acquired and catalogued between the 1940s and early 2000s. As a result, some items may reflect outdated, offensive and possibly harmful views and opinions. ACMI is working to identify and redress such usages.
Learn more about our collection and our collection policy here. If you come across harmful content on our website that you would like to report, let us know.
Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
B2000453
Language
English
Audience classification
Exempt
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Women
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Family
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → AIDS (Disease)
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Health
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
DVCAM; Master
VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan