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Monday, July 31, 2006
Film Documents AIDS Activism as History in the Making
"Pills Profits Protest" – a documentary about global AIDS treatment activism – examines the national and international grassroots response to an epidemic that has already overshadowed the Black Death in terms of human lives lost. The demand for access to affordable treatment for 40 million people living with HIV, most of whom live in poor countries, represents one of the most successful political movements of contemporary history.
At the heart of this documentary are some thorny questions: Can the world afford universal HIV treatment? At what cost? What will be the global cost if we fail to treat and save 40 million people now? Pills, profits and protest, the three thematic touchstones of the film, each reflects an important aspect of the current battle. Behind this movement are people, personalities and lives. The film weaves their personal stories with a larger chronicle of history-in-the-making.
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