Documenting HIV/AIDS

Hi everyone. After the advent of cases related to HIV appeared in 1981 (though there is evidence of cases dating back to the 1950s), thousands of books, articles, movies, songs and other media have been made related to the issue. "And the Band Played On" a book written by Randy Shilts in 1987 about "politics, people and the AIDS epidemic" was developed into a film and "Philadelphia" a 1993 film with Tom Hanks (won an Oscar for best actor for the film) and Denzel Washington achieved critical acclaim.

If you are interested in getting more information about HIV/AIDS or the stories of people living with HIV/AIDS which has been documented, below is a short short list of some documentaries and clips.


A 240 minute PBS special "The Age of AIDS." After a quarter century of political denial and social stigma, of stunning scientific breakthroughs, bitter policy battles and inadequate prevention campaigns, HIV/AIDS continues to spread rapidly throughout much of the world, particularly in developing nations. Watch in its entirety online http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/aids/view/

Think HIV: This is Me look at what it's like to be HIV-positive as young people living with the virus pick up a camera and share their experience http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1538811&vid=102501

10 mini-documentaries on HIV and AIDS - South Asia http://www.unesco-ci.org/cgi-bin/media/page.cgi?g=Detailed%2F12.html;d=1

IRIN/PlusNews's new film, Love, Positively looks at the lives of young adults who have been infected with HIV since birth http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=78926

Pain in My Heart, an unflinching insight into the never ending Aids deaths in Zimbabwe. http://www.youtube.com/tvnews2000

TRAVIS is the story of the fight to save the life of a remarkable young boy living with AIDS. http://www.itvs.org/travis/


If you know of other documentaries and movies not listed or you'd like to share, please leave a comment and if you would like to be in a discussion about the documentaries and movies and Liberian health care, please join us at the Hydro Clinic Fundraiser on Sunday, August 31 8-2am at Kendejah in DC.


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