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Tapologo

Tapologo

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 10, 2008

Runtime

1h 28m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

50%

Original Title

Tapologo

Director

Sally Gutiérrez Dewar

Description

In Freedom Park, a squatter settlement near the platinum mines in SA, a network of former sex workers create Tapologo. They learn to be Home Based Carers for their community, transforming degradation into solidarity and squalor into hope. Catholic Bishop Kevin Dowling participates in Tapologo and raises doubts on the official doctrine of the Catholic Church regarding AIDS and sexuality in the African context.