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Risky Business - Chauya Chauya

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Producer(s)Amaru Amasi
Director(s)Amaru Amasi
Release Date2006
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From the poverty stricken streets of Harare, Zimbabwe comes reality in the form of the worlds oldest profession.

Prostitution in Zimbabwe, where 25 percent of the population is HIV positive is a risky business. Most clients refuse to use condoms and request to pay danger fee. Some commercial sex workers have a “Chauya Chauya” attitude which means whatever comes comes.

This documentary is told by these women, working in this dangerous industry. Their trials and tribulations to survive on AIDs infested streets.

This film documents different characters as all kinds of Prostitutes chat up the reasons why they
got into the industry, the risk involved, their clients and their attitude to AIDs. Most of these women are mothers and prostitution is a way for them to feed their children.

This film was shot by Amaru Amasi in the darkness of the night because it is risky to film in media-shy Zimbabwe. Amaru Amasi was arrested in the process of filming this documentary for soliciting.

Less than 5 percent of Zimbabwean women are formally employed. Some, like the women in this documentary, turn to prostitution to survive hunger and starvation in Zimbabwe. This is their daily life, this is their story in politically torn Zimbabwe.

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Last Updated On:May 22, 2012

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Related IssuesEconomic Justice, Family & Society, Gender/Women, Body Image, Health/Health Advocacy, AIDS, Women's Health, International, Africa, Middle East, Media, Censorship