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Hollywood Adopts the Story of Nkosi's, Icon of AIDS Struggle
"Don't be afraid of us -- we are all the same." With these simple words, pint-sized Nkosi stole the show at the annual international AIDS conference in Durban in 2000 and seared the conscience of television audiences.
In spite of his tender years, the 11-year-old, already ravaged by the disease that was to kill him the following year, was able to get his message across in a way that grabbed headlines around the world.
"You can't get AIDS if you touch, hug, kiss, hold hands with someone who is infected," he told a spellbound audience.
Nkosi was saluted by the great and the good, including the former president Nelson Mandela for whom he was "an icon of the struggle for life".
One of those watching was the award-winning ABC television journalist Jim Wooten, who was inspired to pen "We Are All The Same", the book of Nkosi's life.
American screenwriter Keir Pearson, who co-wrote the Oscar-nominated screenplay for Hotel Rwanda, has now adapted the book for the cinema.
"It's a very special story. It is about giving. It can be a very powerful film," said Pearson.
He was in Johannesburg visiting Nkosi's adoptive mother Gail Johnson, an infatigable campaigner for the rights of AIDS sufferers.
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