Looking for Busi

By age 16, Busi, a young girl from Soweto, had already experienced more problems than many adults in an entire lifetime. She was a mother at 15. Today she is HIV-positive and abandoned by her family. She owes her survival to those who helped her. All Busi asks for is attention and love, which on several occasions has exposed her to life-threatening situations. This film covers a year in the chaotic life of Busi, as she fights to survive in the streets of Soweto. Using a cinema-verité approach, this film questions the usefulness of compassion when dealing with an apparently hopeless situation. A voyage to the end of despair that shows how love is more than ever necessary at a time when the Aids epidemic is at its height.

South Africa / France / Finland - 2001 - 52 mn - Betacam Digital • 16/9 - Colour

Réalisation
Robyn Hofmeyr
Image
Jennifer Fox, Robyn Hofmeyr, Frazier Mmphanle
Son
Jennifer Fox, Robyn Hofmeyr, Frazier Mmphanle
Montage
Erez Laufer, Virgilio Da Silva
Musique
Themba Mkiza

Production
Day Zero Film and Video,
6 Vine Streets, Gardens,
8001 Capetown, Afrique du Sud
Tél : +27 21 424 2970
Fax : +27 21 424 8188
E-mail : steps@dayzero.co.za

Co-Production
YLE, Dominant 7 Productions

Ventes
TV 2 / Copenhague Danmark,
Teglholm Allé 16,
2450 København SV, Danemark
Tél : +45 3 3975 7575
Fax : +45 3 3975 7500
E-mail : tv2@tv2.dk