African Sister City
(Shot by Peter Musurlian in California and Botswana)

In this documentary, Peter Musurlian journeys to Southern Africa to report on Burbank, California’s African Sister City of Gaborone, Botswana. The city and country are peaceful and prosperous, on a continent rife with war and hunger. It’s a place both Bill Clinton and George W. Bush visited during their presidencies.

The discovery of diamonds in the late 1960s is the primary reason for the economic and political stability in this geographically large, but sparsely populated country of 1.6 million.

Musurlian visits Gaborone City Hall, drives 100 miles outside the capital to videotape a traditional wedding in a small village, and tours Phakalane Country Club, which rivals some of the most impressive golf courses anywhere in the world.

There is a pall that hangs over all of this, though: Nearly 40 percent of the adults in Botswana are HIV positive. Musurlian examines why so many people are infected and reports on what the government is doing to turn the tide.