Award winning 'Give Stigma the Index Finger' film
‘Give Stigma the Index Finger' the film produced by the People Living with Stigma Index Team in the UK been accepted for the Milan LGBT Film Festival and being screened on Saturday 26th June 2009.
‘Give Stigma the Index Finger' represents a combination of observations and external perspectives about the process of working with The People Living with HIV Stigma Index in the UK alongside the personal messages and experiences and reflections of some of the individuals who have defined the project in 2009. By working closely with the filmmakers, and including skills building sessions, the process has also contributed to a shared ownership of the film and great expectations of how and where the film will be shown in 2010.
http://www.cinemagaylesbico.com/2010/give-stigma-the-index-finger
We now have 3 versions of this film, the full version being 50 minutes with a minute short and 2 minute promo version. The 2 and 8 minute versions will soon be available on the Stigma Index web site http://www.stigmaindex.org/ via our YouTube channel. For a copy of the 50 minute version please contact ahudson@ippf.org
The team is grateful to UNAIDS and GNP+ for the supporting the workshop in the UK in December 2009 and the opportunity created for reflection and collective planning for the future.
This film was the product of a participatory process with members of the community research team involved with the rollout of The People Living with HIV Stigma Index in the UK in 2009. The main author compiling these guidelines was Lucy Stackpool-Moore, with guidance in developing the methodologies from Kristiene Clarke (Director) and Caz Gorham (camerawoman, Christmas TV and Films), Mike Kear (photographer), Dr Laura Sharp (Office of Psychosocial Research) and Dr Gareth Owen (Exeter University) and Alastair Hudson.