The making of Tusamehe was necessary in my point of view. AIDS is a major issue right now across the globe. One has to look at the numbers to understand the extent of the devastation of this disease. Coming from a continent that has seen the worst of this killer disease, it was only natural that we make a small contribution towards education through this movie medium.

As you know the majority of the victims live on less than $1.00 a day. The cost of combating this disease is very expensive. To think that the poor masses will be able to afford the medication needed to improve their standard of living is very wrong. On the other side, the richer who control the majority of world resources have decided to act very cautiously towards providing some assistance to combat the disease. While the debate of who should get what in terms of medication lingers on, people are still dying in masses. Some countries have their life expectancy dropped to less than 40 years and the number of orphans keeps rising every second.

Our story is about the effects of AIDS as told from one victim's point of view. Certainly, the characters experiences do not compare to a lot of victims experiences. However, it is an educational tool that will make a viewer learn how one can never predict who has the disease and who does not.

TUSAMEHE was an easy story to write since most of it was based on my own experiences from my family's struggles with the effects of the disease as well as the experiences from my friends, classmates and many accounts from the media and some research.

By the time you are done watching this movie you will understand few facts about the AIDS and you will have a first hand look at how a group of friends deal with their ailing colleague. Hopefully, you will also understand how to interpret the current events in the popular media covering the fight against AIDS.

Tusamehe is about 60% in Swahili with English subtitles. Swahili is a language spoken by over 100 million people. Yet it is much underserved when it comes to movies. This is a continued commitment of Kibira Films International to produce movies in Swahili. Our hope is that this will inspire others to use the language in future productions.
Special thanks go to all actors and crew who have volunteered their time and talents to make this project take shape.

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If all goes well, we should be able to premier this movie in the fall of 2005.