Alicia Keys Goes to Africa

Keep a Child Alive, a charity organization that sends food and medicine to AIDS patients in Africa, is debuting South African filmmaker Earle Sabastian's documentary Alicia in Africa:Journey to the Motherland, chronicling a month-long trip by Alicia Keys to South Africa, Kenya and Uganda to visit communities affected by HIV and AIDs. The film is available online for free, streaming at the official site and myspace and downloading at SpiralFrog.

Keys will also screen the Alicia in Africa trailer before each concert on her American tour, which kicked off April 19 in Virginia. Here is Keys' mission statement:

“Everyone who visits Africa is changed by the experience, but not everyone can afford to go to Africa. Come with me on my journey and learn as I learn. Let’s start a virus to stop a virus– send the film to everyone you know. Let’s change this nightmare into our generation’s greatest success story.”

Here's the trailer: