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Tapologo is a Sud africain film of genre Documentary released in USA on 1 january 2008

Tapologo (2008)

Tapologo
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Released in USA 1 january 2008
Length 1h38
Rating40% 2.018892.018892.018892.018892.01889

Tapologo is a 2007 documentary film.

Synopsis

In Freedom Park, a squatter settlement in South Africa, a group of HIV-infected former sex-workers, created a network called Tapologo. They learned to nurse 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.

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