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How Long Is “The Carrier”?

Name: The Carrier
Genre: documentary, profile
Released: 2011
Duration: 83 min
Cast: David Hocs, Roland Betts, Craig Holzer, Kat Westergaard, Mutinta Mweemba

1h 23m runtime

20111h 23mdocumentary • profile

Documentary film with a runtime of 83 minutes, released in 2011. Presented in English.

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Runtime1h 23m

Minutes83

One SittingYes

With Break1h 35m

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A woman refuses to pass her fate along to her unborn child in this documentary from director Maggie Betts. Mutinta Mweemba is a twenty-eight year old wife and mother living in Zambia. AIDS is running rampant in Zambia -- it's estimated 250 people contract the HIV virus there teach day -- and Mutinta has learned she's HIV Positive; polygamy is legal in Zambia, and her husband Abarcon has two other wives as well as several mistresses, and now he and all three of his wives are living with the virus. Already wondering what will become of her children, Mutinta is filled with conflicting emotions when she learns she's pregnant. Determined her baby will be born healthy, Mutinta takes part in a program called Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission, designed to help HIV-Positive mothers give birth to children free of the virus. The Carrier received its world premiere at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival.

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Runtime1h 23m

Can Finish TonightYes

One SittingYes

With Break1h 35m

Movie Facts

Release Year2011

Runtime1h 23m

LanguageEnglish

Genresdocumentary, profile

DirectorMaggie Betts

ProducerMaggie Betts, Ben Selkow

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