Join students, faculty and staff for an elondocs documentary screening at 8 p.m. April 14 in McEwen 011.
Erin Barnett and Conor Britain, both communications students, will be showing their documentaries. The screening is free and open to the public, and descriptions of the films are below.
You Win Some, You Lose Some
By Conor Britain
In a culture where sports play such a large role in child development, youth baseball isn’t just a national pastime, it’s a rite of passage. This documentary follows The Bonefish baseball team, a group of 11-12-year-old boys trying to find the balance between fun and competition, new players with old, and their goals with those of their parents. As the kids struggle, Coach Yank has to figure out the key to teaching the fundamentals needed to win while navigating the social realm of pre-adolescent boys in order to lead a scrappy-yet-promising group of young ballplayers to fun, teamwork and victory.
My Name is Antia
By Erin Barnett
In Namibia, a desert nation on the southwest coast of Africa, one in four people are infected with HIV. One of those people is Anita Isaacs. In this documentary film Anita tells her story– a story of how she was part of Namibia’s liberation struggle against South Africa, that she contracted HIV from her husband, and that after she contracted the disease, she became a leader for another liberation struggle in Namibia: the fight against HIV/AIDS. First the victim of HIV/AIDS, later an advocate for those afflicted by that disease, she is a metaphor for the heroic ideal. Anita Isaacs’ life will eventually end, but her story will live on through this film. “My Name is Anita” will hold your attention, give you hope, and shape your perspective of what it means to live with HIV/AIDS. It is a message of hope for change.