Identities attempts to describe the importance of silence in communication, of those moments when someone is making up or remembering what he is going to say. A silence that compels us to question the maxim "silence is death".
Women who are HIV-positive discuss how they "came out" about their infection and became politically active.
A powerful story of loss, stigma, friendship, and being alive! "I will speak, I will speak!" tells how five HIV-infected men and women from Zambia (Lusaka), Russia (Moscow), the USA (San Francisco), Cambodia and England brave life while infected with the deadly virus.
A look at the ACT UP movement from its inception to the present day.
18-year-old Daniel has got HIV and the film is about the difficulty of living with the disease, prejudice, discrimination and stigmatization. A drama documentary produced by HIV Sweden.
Teacher and human rights activist Josimar falls in love with Luís but needs to delve into himself and understand himself in a new context of life and identity after receiving news that shakes him.
Stiff Sheets indicts public health officials and politicians for the lack of adequate and humane care for people with AIDS in Los Angeles, this time documenting a mock fashion show staged by ACT UP activists.
Fictionalized documentary about the history of HIV/AIDS in Argentina from its inception up until 2006.
Cancer rears its head in the lives of Raymond and Raymond, a gay couple that have already had to deal with HIV/AIDS for many years. They find themselves having to reinvent their lives within a circle of friends and relationships that is not always so easy to redefine. A simple and moving story of an attempt to rebuild lives.
A conversation between an older, HIV positive woman and her niece. The women talk about what it means to be a woman, mother, elderly and HIV positive in Lesotho. They speak about love, marriage, motherhood, inter-generational sex and health systems in the context of HIV in Lesotho.
The compelling story of Todd Coleman, a 22-year-old gay man with AIDS, and those who cared for him during the last weeks of his life. Todd, his lover, doctor, nurse, social worker and two volunteers reveal the human realities and the importance of practical support, friendship and unconditional love.
Voices of Positive Women is a ground-breaking documentary examination of the impact of HIV and AIDS on the lives of women working from material published in the book "Positive Women", a collection of personal accounts of women from all over the world living with AIDS and HIV. Bravely sharing their experiences publicly in what until now has been a void of information and support, and in some cases medical and bureaucratic denial that women are even at risk, the nine women presented in Voices of Positive Women speak compellingly on their own terms of their personal struggles for survival and voice.
A Japanese PSA about AIDS
A mini documentary about the untold contributions lesbians made during the A.I.D.S epidemic.
The story of musician Thomas Muchimba Buttenschøn - born HIV+ in 1985 - and his crusade to use his music to wipe out AIDS in his native Zambia and beyond.
A documentary film about AIDS and one unconventional woman's efforts to educate her small, Southern community. DiAna DiAna is a local hairdresser who transformed her beauty parlor into a center for AIDS and safe sex information.
Kevin, a black social worker starts a gay mens support group. As a group they discuss such issues as HIV testing, relationships, AIDS, and sexual risk taking among black gay men.