HIV/AIDS in Film, Radio, Television & Theater

See also: Art, Media & HIV/AIDS

I Am Alive Today (History of an AIDS Drug)

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.

Film

Feature Films About HIV/AIDS (Regularly Updated)
A comprehensive list of films.
New Documentary About Blacks and AIDS Set to Premiere at IAC: A Blog Entry by Candace Y.A. Montague (February 8, 2012)
"The Dream Factory, a local multimedia production company, is currently working on a movie about Blacks and HIV called 13 Percent. ... The production will debut during the International AIDS Conference in July and will be the talk of the conference (you heard it here first)."
From The Body
Florida: Silence Is Death Highlights Link Between Churches and Rise in Local African-American HIV Rates (February 3, 2012)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
AIDS Activism Documentary How to Survive a Plague Takes Sundance by Storm (January 26, 2012)
From The Body
Bill Duke: Giving a Voice to the Voiceless (January 3, 2012)
In Black AIDS Weekly, from Black AIDS Institute
New Short Film Addresses the Financial Costs of Living With HIV/AIDS (October 21, 2011)
From The Body
Trans Actress Goes From AIDS Street Outreach to Indie Darling (August 9, 2011)
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
Versus Documentary Tackles HIV, Homophobia, Race and the First Openly Gay Major League Baseball Player in Out. The Glenn Burke Story (August 4, 2011)
In Business Wire
NPR Reviews Life, Above All, the South African Film About AIDS, Family and Loss (July 14, 2011)
From National Public Radio
Florida: "Black as AIDS" Film to Premiere (June 17, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NewFest Kicks Off in NYC With HIV/AIDS Documentary, We Were Here (June 6, 2011)
From Film Society of Lincoln Center
Native-American Youth Film Festival Focuses on HIV/AIDS (May 11, 2011)
In Twin Cities Daily Planet
Does the Documentary Let's Talk About Sex Communicate the Right Messages to the Right Audiences? (April 26, 2011)
In RH Reality Check
California: "We Were Here" -- Film Restarts Conversation on AIDS (February 25, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
This Positive Life Video: An Interview With Leslie and Andrea Williams (February 1, 2011)
"HIV gave me some focus, direction and a purpose. I know that I can do things that I didn't think I could do before." -- Andrea Williams
From The Body
10 Tips for the Media on How to Stop Screwing Up HIV/AIDS Coverage (December 10, 2010)
From The Body
HIV/AIDS in Hollywood Today: A Blog Entry by Aless Piper (December 9, 2010)
"A double standard exists in our society ... No one suspects that a straight star has AIDS, period, but if a star is gay, that's the only thing it can be."
From The Body
Virginia: Time to Turn Light Back on HIV/AIDS (November 12, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2002 Heroes in the Struggle Award Recipient Rep. Diane Watson Hosts South African Singer and HIV/AIDS Activist Yvonne Chaka Chaka at Final Public Forum Before Retiring (November 2, 2010)
In Black AIDS Weekly, from Black AIDS Institute
Free Prevention Justice Film for World AIDS Day Screenings (October 29, 2010)
From HIV Prevention Justice Alliance
Broadcasters Worldwide to Screen ARV Documentary on World AIDS Day (October 11, 2010)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Global Broadcasters to Show AIDS Drug Film (October 8, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Facebook a Stage for AIDS Rape Documentary (September 28, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
My Thoughts on "The Other City" (September 22, 2010)
From U.S. Positive Women's Network
"The Other City" Los Angeles Premiere -- Friday, September 24, 2010 (September 20, 2010)
From Black AIDS Institute
Alum's Film on HIV Survivor Wins at Cannes (September 8, 2010)
In The Miscellany News
Latino Positivo (Spring/Summer 2010)
In his film Nuestras Caras, Nuestras Historias, artist and activist Samuel López puts a human face on his community -- HIV-positive Latino immigrants in Canada.
To read PDF, click here.
In The Positive Side, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
Restarting the Conversation on HIV/AIDS in the United States (April 29, 2010)
An interview with Susan Koch and Jose Antonio Vargas of The Other City, a documentary about the lives of people with HIV/AIDS in Washington, D.C.
In This Month in HIV, from The Body
Young People Help Make a Movie About Blacks and HIV/AIDS (March 8, 2010)
From Black AIDS Institute
Your HIV DIVA Reports on the DIVA Awards! A Video Blog Entry by Sherri Beachfront Lewis (March 3, 2010)
From The Body
Movie Documents Three Men's Efforts to Promote Safe Sex During Onset of HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Early 1980s (June 15, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily U.S. HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
18 Years Later, The Real World's Pedro Zamora Still Inspires (March 31, 2009)
The film Pedro -- penned by the Oscar-winning writer of Milk -- first aired on MTV on April 1, 2009.
In Los Angeles Times
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
Madonna's Documentary, "I Am Because We Are," Shows the Effects of Poverty, HIV and Other Diseases on Children in Malawi (2008)
From I Am Aware Because
Late Founding Father of "New Queer Cinema" Feted With Documentary Film (May 25, 2008)
In The New York Times
Murder Mystery Film to Highlight HIV Among African Americans (January 4, 2008)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
UN, EU, Canada Fund Film in Bid to Stem Spread of AIDS in Haiti (April 7, 2006)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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
PBS' "P.O.V." Airs Film on HIV/AIDS in South Africa (September 16, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
AIDS Documentary: A Planet Under Siege (June 13, 2003)
Excerpts from a film review.
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Robert F. Kennedy Daughter to Unveil AIDS Documentary (May 19, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
New HIV Prevention Film, "Women's Voices, Women's Lives," Focuses on African Americans (May 12, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
How Do I Look: An EduTainment/DocuFeature Film (November 2002)
A preview of a forthcoming film on New York's "Ballroom community".
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
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
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
MTV World AIDS Day Short Film Contest (August 4, 1999)
[Archived Article]
From AIDS Action Council
Film (1998)
HIV/AIDS in film.
In The Encyclopedia of AIDS

Global Media AIDS Initiative

Global Media AIDS Initiative Announces New Public HIV/AIDS Education Initiatives at XV International AIDS Conference (July 14, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
U.N. Secretary-General Annan Launches Global Media AIDS Initiative to Educate Public About HIV/AIDS (January 16, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation