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Ottawa-based Firdaus Kharas wins Peabody Award
... A series of public service announcements featuring three talking, animated condoms – Stretch, Shaft and Dick -- co-produced by an Ottawa-based man, has won the prestigious Peabody Awards...
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Acclaimed Canadian Animation Director and Producer Firdaus Kharas' Work Receives Peabody
... The Three Amigos, a series of twenty (20) world-class animated Public Service Announcements (PSA's) designed to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS throughout the world, has been awarded the George Foster Peabody Award...
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Animated Boondocks & Three Amigos to Receive Peabody Awards
... The winners of the 66th Annual Peabody Awards were announced by the University of Georgia's Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication...
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'I'm just trying to make a small contribution'
... By STEPHANIE NOLEN. JOHANNESBURG -- It wasn't like Firdaus Kharas was looking for something to do. The Ottawa film and television ...
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New AIDS campaign uses animated characters
... "The Three Amigos" was conceived and ... props and layouts were designed and created in Canada, and the background and animation was done in India, Kharas said. ...
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Canadian Promotes Cartoon Condoms Against AIDS
... "Animation creates a kind of sense of disbelief (so) it is much easier to get them accepted on national television," producer Firdaus Kharas told a news conference at the United Nations....
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Canada World View: Comic Relief For AIDS Prevention
... A series of announcements from Canada starring an unlikely trio delivers a serious message. Making a point through humour: "The Three Amigos" help to destigmatize condom use. ...
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Canada Regard Sur Le Monde: La Prevention Du Sida Par L'Humour
... Une série de sketches humoristiques réalisée au Canada met en vedette un invraisemblable trio, porteur d'un message sérieux. Faire passer un message par l'humour : Les trois amis aident à déstigmatiser l'usage du condom. ...
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Ottawa XPress - Film - The Three Amigos
... No rest for the funny though, as work continues to re-dub The Amigos into 41 additional languages. Says Kharas, "There'll be 40 languages times 20 PSAs for ...
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2004 Winners
... Director Michael Kutza. Firdaus Kharas addresses the audience as he accepts the Silver Hugo for The Three Amigos. Thurston Smith of ...
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Ottawa International Animation Festival - Competition # 6
... The Three Amigos 'Beautiful Game' [2004] Firdaus Kharas The Three Amigos HIV, AIDS Prevention Programme / Canada, India, South Africa / Betacam SP / 0:30 C ...
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Peace and Conflict Resolution - Events
... Kharas will begin by narrating the creation of the global HIV/AIDS prevention program, "The Three Amigos," a series of 20 animated Public Service ...
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CINEME® :: Official Selections
... Media. back to Selections List. The Three Amigos Canada, RT 11:40 Firdaos, Kharas PSA's on HIV/AIDS prevention, On air in South Africa up to 20 times a day. ...
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Bangkok's Independent Newspaper
... Date:Jul 23,2004 A little humour in the battle ... Aids can’t hurt, so lend an ear to the three colourful condom pals ...
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Cartoon condoms hailed as HIV fighter
... Cartoon condoms hailed as HIV fighter The Washington Times Bangkok, Thailand, Jul. 13 (UPI) -- Talking cartoon condoms known as the Three Amigos are the rising ...
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Tasha K
... LIBBY STEPHENS TORONTO STAR Bangkok—Archbishop Desmond ... spots at the 15th International AIDS Conference here ... people remember." And The Three Amigos, as Kharas ...
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AEGiS-UPI: Cartoon condoms battle HIV
... BANGKOK, July 13 (UPI) -- Cartoon condoms, whose light-hearted ... They are called the Three Amigos and they are making condoms and HIV/AIDS household topics ...
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CFTPA / ACPFT
... OTTAWA, ONTARIO (July 26, 2004) - The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) today ... who will compete in the 2004 OIAF with his piece The Three Amigos. ...
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The Record
... July 13 (UPI) -- Talking cartoon condoms known as the Three Amigos are the rising prevention stars of this week's XV International AIDS conference in Bangkok. ...
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106.5 Smooth Jazz
... BANGKOK, Jul 13, 2004 (United Press International via COMTEX ... They are called the Three Amigos and they are making condoms and HIV/AIDS household topics in ...
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The Agonist || thoughtful, global, timely
... BANGKOK, Thailand, July 13 (UPI) -- Cartoon condoms, whose light ... They are called the Three Amigos and they are making condoms and HIV/AIDS household topics ...
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HIVAN - Centre for HIV/AIDS Networking
... AIDS attack from The Three Amigos by Janet van Eeden. ... The Three Amigos were first aired on SABC 1 on World AIDS day, on 1 December last year. ...
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The New Yorker: The Talk of the Town
... The Amigos have already débuted in North America: on World aids Day, last December 1st, MTV Canada aired three of the segments a total of thirty-seven times. ...
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AIDS 2004 - XV International AIDS Conference - 11-16 July 2004...
... Shaft, Dick and Stretch, to convey through comedy the important message of using condoms to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS. The Three Amigos are available in 50 ...
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Centre for the Study of Aids
... This comedic HIV/AIDS prevention strategy is supported by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The Three Amigos is a comedic intervention which speaks to the sexually ...
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The Three Amigos Wins Golden Reel
... recognition,” said Firdaus Kharas, Ottawa, Canada-based creator of The Three Amigos. ... believe that mass education will significantly impact AIDS prevention. ...
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THREE AMIGOS -- 2ND PLACE PSAs -- DRAMATIC SHORT -- ZOIE FILMS...
... The Three Amigos is a series of twenty Public Service Annoucements
(PSA's) on HIV/AIDS prevention created by 80 volunteers. Featuring ...
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United Nations OCHA IRIN PlusNews HIV/AIDS / Helix
... The Three Amigos is a series of twenty world-class animated Public Service Announcements (PSAs ... the use of condoms to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS throughout the ...
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Canadians bringing message of safe sex to Africa
... India and South Africa have created a team of cartoon condoms called the Three Amigos. ... in South Africa, promoting the ideas of safe sex and HIV/AIDS prevention ...
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Through the lens: Exporting Canadian film and animation
... The Three Amigos" aired on World AIDS Day on December 1 in Canada and
South Africa, and MTV Canada played three spots 37 times in one day. ...
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Why Trade Matters?
... The Three Amigos” aired on World AIDS Day on December 1 in Canada and
South Africa, and MTV Canada played three spots 37 times in one day. ...
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Macleans.ca | Culture | Television | Three Amigos
... of cartoon condoms, which explains the success of the Three Amigos, Canada's newest ... on South African television, promoting safe sex and HIV/AIDS prevention. ...
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Global HIV and AIDS news
... Doctors treating infected individuals and non-governmental groups offering HIV/AIDS support admit ... Three Amigos, one message to the US: stop spread of HIV 24/05 ...
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allAfrica.com: South Africa: Sassy Condoms Spread HIV Message
... streetwise animated condoms - characters in an HIV/Aids public-service announcement - will be translated into 40 languages. "The Three Amigos", the brainchild ...
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Man Stuff
... The Three Amigos are here and they pack a powerful and humorous punch." The CSA, Centre for the Study of AIDS, also endorses the "lovable condom characters ...
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Tutu backs animated AIDS initiative
... AIDS initiative 10/31/2003 3:38:35 PM (GMT +2) 'THE Three Amigos' is a groundbreaking HIV/AIDS prevention strategy, supported by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. ...
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Ten Years of Freedom in Solidarity Against HIV/AIDS
... This event has been made possible by the generous support of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Program includes: "The Three Amigos," "Red Ribbon Around My ...
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2003 ONE WORLD FILM FESTIVAL
... The Three Amigos, a WORLD PREMIERE, is a series of PSAs on AIDS prevention
to be broadcast in Africa. Three condoms, Shaft, Dick ...
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Africa Research Group
... The Three Amigos” are a group of talking condoms—Shaft, Dick, and Stretch—who are educating South Africans and now others around the world about AIDS and ...
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[PDF] HIV Prevention - In The Eye of the Storm
... Kruger, deputy director of HIV and AIDS networking at the University of Natal wrote, “Congratulations ... I anticipate that the Three Amigos will popularize ...
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Harvard World Health News
... AIDS: China's Titanic Threat Opinion Cesar Chelala, MD, international public health consultant for ... Three Amigos, One Message to the US: Stop Spread of HIV (The ...
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Ten Years of Freedom: Films from the New South Africa
... director; The Three Amigos: A series of animated AIDS awareness public
service announcements featuring talking condoms; Project 10 ...
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Three Amigos, one message to the US: stop spread of HIV
... ActionAid Ropes In DSAs To Raise Funds. Three Amigos, one message to the US: stop spread of HIV. ... Mbeki promises AIDS drugs to 50,000 sufferers in coming year. ...
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Three Amigos' Aids prevention animation shorts screened at Cannes ...
Indiantelevision.com's Breaking News. Three Amigos' Aids prevention animation
shorts screened at Cannes. Indiantelevision.com Team. (30 March 2004 7:00 pm). ...
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Africa Film & TV NewsFlash FULL: EDITION 208, 10 November 2003
... 211.4 Three Amigos- TV Global AIDS prevention progs on air. INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY. ... 211.4 Three Amigos- TV Global AIDS prevention progs on air. ...
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