Born to live.

Date:
1965
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Born to live. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

A campaigning film addressing the stigma experienced by people with leprosy produced by the Ministry of Home Affairs and Information, Western Nigeria. The film looks at the work of a leprosy hospital in Lagos created with money donated by people around the world and reveals the normality of everyday life. Tools and rooms are attributed to the respective donors. A large delivery of shoes is delivered and emptied onto the ground. The General Secretary from LEPRA visits the village. The villagers are principally farmers; they grow a variety of produce and are proud of their productivity. There are experienced carpenters in the community's workshop who create prosthetic legs and make bespoke tools. Crafts such as basketweaving are practiced. The community line up and take their tablets (with UNICEF labelling). The nursing staff in the hospital were former patients and are paid by the government. Recreational activities are music, board games, listening to the radio, reading and writing. The village accommodates both muslims and christians. Down time at the weekends includes the opportunity for festivity. Many small children free of leprosy live with their families creating a problem regarding their future.

Publication/Creation

1965.

Physical description

1 encoded moving image (20:31 mins.) : sound, black and white

Duration

00:20:31

Copyright note

LEPRA.

Terms of use

Some restrictions.
CC-BY-NC-ND
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Language note

In English.

Creator/production credits

Ministry of Home Affairs and Information, Western Nigeria. Director, camera; Oladipo Borisade. Editor; Alabi Elegbede. Script, commentary: Akintunde Sowunmi. Sound; Adekoya Onakoya.
Narrated by Akintunde Sowunmi.

Notes

More information about this collection and details of the original 16mm film material can be found at WTI/LEP/F/6/1.

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