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Summaries. The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic, and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it. This is the story of the first years of the AIDS epidemic in the United States and focuses on three key elements. Dr.
Dec 14, 2010 · Summary of movie: And the Band Played On - HubPages. Manuvegeta. Updated: Jan 2, 2011. "And the Band Played On" is a 1993 film that chronicles the early days of AIDS. Like the movie "Philadelphia" (1993), portrays the prejudice suffered by homosexuals by society seeing as guilty of this new disease.
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Sep 11, 1993 · Synopsis by Hal Erickson. The late journalist Randy Shilts' best-selling book on the burgeoning AIDS crisis was adapted for cable TV by Arnold Schulman. In 1981, researchers begin discerning a mysterious new disease that apparently affects only homosexual males (or so they thought at that time).
Sep 5, 1993 · Like Randy Shilts's book of the same title and on which it is based, the movie "And the Band Played On" attempts to expose the deadly role that inaction and infighting among Government...
Plot. In a prologue set in 1976, American epidemiologist Don Francis from the World Health Organization arrives in a village on the banks of the Ebola River in Zaire and discovers many of the residents and the doctor working with them have died from a mysterious illness later identified as the Ebola hemorrhagic fever.
Aug 30, 1993 · As a TV movie about a highly sensitive subject, overall it's a moving experience. Film premieres Sept. 2 at the Montreal Film Festival, then begins airing on HBO Sept. 11. And the Band Played on
Sep 11, 1993 · Play Trailer. Strength. Friendship. Courage. Sometimes that’s all you have. Overview. The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it. Roger Spottiswoode. Director. Arnold Schulman. Teleplay.
