AIDS in America : a history
- Date
1998
- Summary
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From San Francisco, the epicenter of the AIDS explosion, to the Bronx, notorious for its injected drug abuse, this program examines how AIDS took hold in the U.S. during the early 1980s and the advances being made toward a cure. Noted journalist David Perlman, of the San Francisco Chronicle; pioneering epidemiologist Dr. Selma Dritz; Dr. Robert Gallo, co-discoverer of the retrovirus HIV1; Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of AIDS research in America; and others offer insights into life with AIDS, the disease's African roots, medical advances such as AZT and protease inhibitors, and the boost to AIDS awareness given by celebrities.
- Contributors
Hildebrand, Staffan; Kallings, Lars Olof
- Publishers
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm); TV4
- Genre
Documentary films
- Subjects
Personal and Family Lives; Science, Technology; Health, Family Studies; AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects -- Developing countries; AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects -- Africa, Sub-Saharan; AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects -- United States; AIDS (Disease) -- United States -- History
- Locations
North America; United States; New Jersey
- Collection
Films@UM
- Unit
Distinctive Media Collections
- Language
English
- Rights Statement
- In Copyright
- Terms of Use
Access is restricted to patrons at the University of Maryland.
- Physical Description
48 minutes; color
- Notes
Access
Access condition: campus-only.
Creation/Production Credits
Director, Staffan Hildebrand ; scientific advisor, Lars-Otto Kallings ; camera, Daniel Espinosa, Gunnar Heliström ; editor, Per Legelius ; music, Magnus Andersson.
- Other Identifiers
Filename: lms-089705; Fedora 2 PID: umd:10710; Handle Identifier: hdl:1903.1/3185; Catalog Key: alephsys004130851; OCLC: ocn606616644
Access Restrictions
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