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- And the Band Played On reveals how the federal government put its budgetary concerns ahead of the nation ’ s welfare, how health authorities placed political expediency before public health and how some scientists valued international prestige more than saving lives.
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Overview. And The Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic is a work of investigative reporting by Randy Shilts, a reporter with the San Francisco Chronicle. Shilts covered the AIDS epidemic from 1982 for the only newspaper willing to give its full attention to the epidemic.
3 days ago · Q: What is the significance of the title “And the Band Played On”? A: The title is derived from the expression “to fiddle while Rome burns,” symbolizing the lack of urgency and inaction from authorities and institutions in responding to the AIDS crisis as the disease continued to spread.
And the Band Played On was critically acclaimed and became a best-seller. Judith Eannarino of the Library Journal called it "one of the most important books of the year", upon its release. [1] It made Shilts both a star and a pariah for his coverage of the disease and the bitter politics in the gay community.
- Randy Shilts, Matthew Modine
- 1987
The stars lend warmth to a movie necessarily preoccupied with cold research and politics, and they lend prestige: The movie must be important, since actors of this stature agreed to appear. The result of the stars' generosity, however, works against the movie by halting the flow of the drama every time a familiar face pops up on screen.
The main point of And the Band Played On is to document how the federal government, the media, and the scientific community influenced and shaped the early AIDS crisis in the US in the late 1970s...
Sep 10, 1993 · Of course, any good drama needs a human villain. And the Band Played On finds its heavy in Dr. Robert Gallo, a prominent medical researcher who, according to Schulman’s screenplay, tries to turn ...
Richard Gere. The Choreographer. Steve Martin. The Brother. Watchlist. TRAILER. Watchlist. In 1981, epidemiologist Don Francis (Matthew Modine) learns of an increased rate of death among gay men in...
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- Drama, LGBTQ+
- PG-13,
