Une lutte ordinaire

The Anss (Association National des séropositifs et sidéens du Burundi) (National Associations of HIV-positive and Aids victims of Burundi) is a pioneering association in the fight against Aids. It fully consists of Burundi national and majority of women, with 3,000 members. It cares for more than half of the people on tri-therapy in the country." Une lutte ordinaire” meets women and teenagers who are active within the organisation. These militants, the majority of which are HIV-positive, have turned their daily lives into a fight against fatality. In a country destroyed by civil wars, illnesses are only one expression of an omnipresent social disorder: disbanded families, structural poverty and lack of trust in the future. In this bleak context, the film provides an optimistic view of the organisation and its members who have the merit of offering adapted local solutions to the isolation of the sick.