A film by Vincent Detours and Dominique Henry. The history of AZT (zidovudine, Retrovir) -- the first anti-HIV drug. Features protests at Wall Street and the White House plus comments from AIDS activists.
Read filmmaker Robert Bilheimer's letters from the road as he filmed A Closer Walk, a film about global AIDS.
Philadelphia Extra Marks 19 Years Living With HIV (November 20, 2008)
Sue Kehler was among dozens of people with HIV who were in the landmark 1993 film. She recalls how the film inspired her to stop hiding her HIV status and leave her abusive fiance.
In The Philadelphia Inquirer
When It Comes to Gay Men and HIV, Denial's the Name of the Game (July 29, 2004)
With the recent release of the film adaptation of A Home at the End of the World, LA Weekly reporter David Ehrenstein muses about the film, gay men and HIV in the United States.
In LA Weekly
Bollywood Tackles AIDS for the First Time (June 8, 2004)
India's Bollywood film industry, famed for its frothy romances and lavish song-and-dance sequences, is addressing the social stigma attached to AIDS.
From Agence France-Presse
Innovative Strategies -- Prevention Through the Arts (January 2004)
A look at several unique programs that use film, music, radio and other artistic methods to educate people about the risks of HIV infection.
In Transitions, from Advocates for Youth
6,000 a Day (February 2002)
Reveals how the world's top decision makers knowingly failed to prevent the spread of the HIV.
From First Run/Icarus Films
It's My Life (February 2002)
Zackie Achmat, a leading AIDS activist in South Africa, refused to take antiretroviral medicines until they were made available by the government in public hospitals and clinics.
From First Run/Icarus Films
Film (1998)
HIV/AIDS in film.
In The Encyclopedia of AIDS
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