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Shilts examines the roots of AIDS beginning in 1976 to two events and focuses on the mysterious illness of a Danish physician working in Africa, Dr. Grethe Rask. Before the virus even has a name, it leaps across continents and destroys communities, while many stand idly by.
And the Band Played On is a 1993 American television film docudrama directed by Roger Spottiswoode. The teleplay by Arnold Schulman is based on the best-selling 1987 non-fiction book And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic by Randy Shilts , and is noteworthy for featuring both a vast historical scope, as well as an ...
Sep 5, 2023 · A book by Randy Shilts about the early history of the AIDS epidemic in the US, focusing on the role of the federal government and the gay community. Learn about the scientific, political, and social challenges of the crisis and its impact on people's lives.
Dr. Don Francis, an immunologist with experience in eradicating smallpox and containing the Ebola virus, joins the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to try and understand just what this disease is. They also have deal with bureaucracy and a government that doesn't seem to care.
Sep 11, 1993 · And the Band Played On: Directed by Roger Spottiswoode. With Matthew Modine, Alan Alda, Patrick Bauchau, Nathalie Baye. The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic, and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.
- (11K)
- Drama, History
- Roger Spottiswoode
- 1993-09-11
The book chronicles the discovery and spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) with a special emphasis on government indifference and political infighting—specifically in the United States—to what was then perceived as a specifically gay disease.
In 1981, epidemiologist Don Francis (Matthew Modine) learns of an increased rate of death among gay men in urban areas. The startling information leads him to...
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- Drama, LGBTQ+
- PG-13,
