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In HOME IS WHERE YOU FIND IT, 16-year-old Alcides Soares tells his story as a boy living alone in
the world after losing both parents of his to AIDS.

In this BYkids short documentary, 16-year-old Alcides Soares from Mozambique tells his story of losing his parents to AIDS and finding strength through filmmaking.

This BYkids School Guide is designed to help you as an educator expand your students’ use of this film from passive watching to active, deeply personalized learning.

Two renowned filmmakers, Chris Zalla (2007 Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner) and Neal Baer (Executive Producer of Law & Order: SVU), went to Maputo, Mozambique in August 2007, to help a child who had lost both parents to AIDS make a film about his life.