Videos on Science and the Environment

After Stonewall from the riots to the millennium 2005?

"In 1969 the police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City's Greenwich Village, leading to three nights of rioting by the city's gay community. With this outpouring of courage and unity the Gay Liberation Movement had begun ... Chronicles the history of lesbian and gay life from the riots at Stonewall to the end of the century. It captures the hard work, struggles, tragic defeats and exciting victories experienced since then. It explores how AIDS literally changed the direction of the movement"--Container. 1 videodisc (88 min.)

MEDIA 10-5149

 

Awaiting tomorrow Attendre demain 2006

Bukeni Waruzi and Hakima Abbas

Awaiting Tomorrow tells the story people living with HIV/AIDS in the war-torn Eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo and advocates for the provision of: free HIV/AIDS testing, medical care and medication, and the building of infrastructure to make critical medical assistance accessible. 1 videodisc (DVD) (15 min.)

MEDIA 10-1996

 

A.B.C Africa 2005

Abbas Kiarostami, Marin Karmitz, Seifollah Samadian, MK2 Productions, New Yorker Films, and New Yorker Video (Firm)

Over the course of a 10-day visit to Uganda in 2001, Abbas Kiarostami uses his camera to capture and caress the faces of a thousand orphans. An alternately heartbreaking and optimistic view of the results of the AIDS epidemic and civil war. 1 videodisc (139 min.)

MEDIA 10-1021

 

The blood of Yingzhou District 2007

Thomas Lennon, Ruby Yang, Sesame Workshop, HBO Documentary Films, China Aids Media Project, Thomas Lennon Productions, and Cinema Guild

Examines the hidden AIDS epidemic in China through the eyes of infected children, orphaned after the deaths of their parents from the same disease. 1 videodisc (40 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2270

 

A burning issue Some burning questions 2005

Abhijit Dasgupta, Rajiv Mehrotra, Public Service Broadcasting Trust (New Delhi, India), Prasar Bharti Corporation (India), Open Frame, Syncline Films Pvt. Ltd, and Doordarshan (Television station : New Delhi, India)

Through candid interviews with HIV+ patients in Kolkata, these two films provide an insight into their lives and their struggle against social stigma and discrimination. 2 videodiscs (ca. 60 min.)

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Common threads stories from the quilt 2004

Robert P Epstein, Jeffrey B Friedman, Bill Couturié, Cindy Ruskin, Dustin Hoffman, Home Box Office (Firm), Telling Pictures, Couturie Company, and New Yorker Video (Firm)

The story of the AIDS Memorial Quilt established by the San Francisco NAMES Project Foundation in 1987 to commemorate the lives lost to AIDS. From the thousands memorialized in the quilt, profiles five individuals--including a recovered IV drug user, a former Olympic decathlon star and a boy with hemophilia--whose stories reflect the diversity and common tragedy of those who have died from AIDS. The film celebrates their unique personalities and achievements, interweaving these personal histories with a chronology of the epidemic's development and the negligence of the government. 1 videodisc (79 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2831

 

Ending silence, shame & stigma HIV/AIDS in the African American family c2012

"This documentary explores the impact of HIV/AIDS on the Black community and addresses the complex social issues factoring into the high rate of infection among African Americans. Topics addressed include women's studies, addiction, African American studies, family relationships, Christianity, sexuality and religion, sexual behavior in the African American community, judgement of those who have the disease, and the need for cross-gender dialogue in progressive churches and in the community."--Dark Hollow Films website. 1 videodisc (27 min.)

MEDIA 10-4168

 

Fig trees 2012?

Fig Trees recounts the history of AIDS activism in South Africa over the past two decades, by imagining that Gertrude Stein and Virgil Thomson are writing their 1934 avant-garde opera "Four Saints in Three Acts" based on the lives of Zackie Achmat of South African's Treatment Action Campaign and Tim McCaskell of Canada's AIDS Action. Weaving opera and campy clips of rewritten pop tunes, stylized reenactments of possible historical truths and powerful first-person testimony, the documentary implicates governments, corporations, and the media in the deaths by neglect of 25 million people worldwide, blending Bible references, modern history, high art, and popular culture. "This comprehensive retrospective includes four features and thirty-seven shorts by Greyson. Fig Trees recounts the history of AIDS activism in South Africa over the past two decades, by imagining that Gertrude Stein and Virgil Thomson are writing their 1934 avant-garde opera "Four Saints in Three Acts" based on the lives of Zackie Achmat of South African's Treatment Action Campaign and Tim McCaskell of Canada's AIDS Action. Weaving opera and campy clips of rewritten pop tunes, stylized reenactments of possible historical truths and powerful first-person testimony, the documentary implicates governments, corporations, and the media in the deaths by neglect of 25 million people worldwide, blending Bible references, modern history, high art, and popular culture. John Greyson's films established him as a leading figure in the loosely defined New Queer Cinema movement of the early 1990s. His many shorts, addressing such diverse topics as gay penguins, censorship, gender conformity, solidarity with Palestinian queers, gay rights in Bosnia, and the American bombing of the Iraqi Film Archives, have been shown in festivals internationally. Throughout his extensive body of work that ranges from hybrid documentary and historical fiction to filmed operas and experimental video art, Greyson employs digitized Brechtian techniques and camp humour as instruments of cultural and political activism. His work engages audiences passionately and critically, occupying diverse cinematic genres (the essay, the song, the viral video) and distinctive formal devices (multiple layers of subtitles, split-screen, voice and anachronism) to wittily contest dominant discourses of sexuality, gender and power. These deft, challenging works tell outsider stories that trouble history and skewer complacency, joining a growing debate about the role of queer activism in today   s social justice struggles."--Pieced together from information found on Vtape. 2 videodiscs (105 min.)

MEDIA 10-4739 v. 4

 

Fire in the blood 2013

Fire in the blood tells the true story of how Western pharmaceutical companies and governments blocked access to low-cost AIDS drugs in Africa and the global south in the 1990s, leading to the preventable deaths of at least ten million people, and how a remarkable coalition of people came together to stop them. Shot on four continents and featuring contributions from global figures such as Bill Clinton, Desmond Tutu, and Joseph Stiglitz, the film offers devastating insights into the lethal decisionmaking process that led to this humanitarian catastrophe. And it shows how, if not for the passion and tactical ingenuity of a group of courageous and relentless activists, millions of more people would have died. The result is a gripping look at corporate greed, government collusion, the cutthroat economics of medicine and healthcare, and the power of ordinary people to make meaningful change on a global scale. 1 videodisc (83 minutes)

MEDIA 10-4729

 

The fire within c2002

Elyse Katz, Bonnie Dickenson, Leanne Whitney, August Moon Entertainment, and Filmmakers Alliance

"Bob Bowers is a long-term AIDS survivor who was diagnosed in 1983 at the age of 20.  He met Shawn 10 years ago and in spite of his disease, she married him six months later.  To this day she remains HIV-negative.  We record Shawn's participation in a 7-day, 575-mile bike ride as she tries, in some measure, to replicate Bob's everyday battles, his everyday victories"--Container. 1 videodisc (62 min.)

MEDIA 10-1633

 

The gift 2002

Louise Hogarth, Doug Hitzel, and Dream Out Loud Films

The Gift documents the phenomenon of deliberate HIV infection. The film follows the stories of two "bug chasers" who sought out "the gift" of HIV infection. Also interviewed are AIDS activist and author, Walt Odets, PhD, and HIV+ and HIV- men. The film explores the normalization and glamorization of HIV/AIDS and discusses the isolation and division caused by HIV status in the gay community. 1 videodisc (62 min.)

MEDIA 10-1694

 

The Heart of the matter 1994

Amber Hollibaugh and  Gini Reticker

Focuses on the inspiring story of Janice Jirau, an HIV-positive African American woman, who deals with the knowledge that she has AIDS.  A chorus of other HIV-positive women underscores the universal nature of the problems Janice confronted and draws attention to the alarming growth of the epidemic among women. 1 videocassette (54 min.)

MEDIA 10-3254        2-2778

 

How to survive a plague 2013

The story of the brave young men and women who successfully reversed the tide of an epidemic, demanded the attention of a fearful nation, and stopped AIDS from becoming a death sentence. This improbable group of activists bucked oppression and infiltrated government agencies and the pharmaceutical industry, helping to identify promising new medication and treatments and move them through trials and into drugstores in record time. 1 videodisc (109 min.)

MEDIA 10-4736

 

A life less ordinary 2007

Raabiya Jayaram, Rajiv Mehrotra, Public Service Broadcasting Trust (New Delhi, India), Prasar Bharti Corporation (India), Open Frame, Formedia (Organization), European Union, Syncline Films Pvt. Ltd, and Doordarshan (Television station : New Delhi, India)

A film on children living with HIV in India. It looks at the lives of three children who talk openly about their life and how the HIV virus affects it. It also attempts to bring in the larger perspective of the status of HIV programs in the county, through the voices of practitioners who are working with HIV+ children. 1 videodisc of 1 (DVD) (ca. 30 min.)

MEDIA 10-1647

 

Lonely angels 2007

Prem Kumar Aman, Rajiv Mehrotra, Prasar Bharti Corporation (India), Public Service Broadcasting Trust (New Delhi, India), Open Frame, Rare Earth (Firm), European Union, Formedia (Organization), Internews--Europe, Syncline Films Pvt. Ltd, and Doordarshan (Television station : New Delhi, India)

Child trafficking victims who have contracted HIV of Andhra Pradesh, India narrating their experiences. 1 videodisc (ca. 30 min.)

MEDIA 10-1646

 

Montaana de Luz 2009?

Matthew Leahy, Noonday Films, and Fanlight Productions

"Meet the children of the Montaana de Luz (Mountain of Light) orphanage who are HIV positive and a living testament to the beauty and innocence of childhood in the face of adversity beyond their years. This documentary paints a stirring portrait of a loving community where nothing is truly certain but home, and where each birthday is a celebration of dreams fulfilled and dreams to come"--www.fanlight.com. 1 videodisc (40 min.)

MEDIA 10-1642

 

One + one 2001

S. Leo Chiang, Gerard Dawson, Kennedy Wheatley, Peter Adams, Noel Castaneda, John Rosenzweig, Joanne Silva, Robert Silva, New Day Films, and Walking Iris Films

This film takes a look at the lives of two couples where one of the members is HIV-positive. 1 videodisc (27 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2285

 

The Pilgrim must embark living in community c1991

Examines the workings of an intentional community, Bonaventure House, in Chicago, composed of 26 people living with AIDS. Addresses the challeges of diverse individuals living in community and the issues of communication and participation. 1 videocassette (25 min.)

MEDIA 10-5309

 

Sea in the blood 2000

Richard Fung, Art Institute of Chicago, and Video Data Bank

A personal documentary about living close to illness. It traces the relationship of the artist to thalassemia in his sister Nan, and AIDS in his partner Tim. At the core of the piece are two trips. The first is in 1962 when Richard went with Nan from Trinidad to England to see a famous hematologist interested in her unusual case. The second is in 1977 when Richard and Tim made a counterculture pilgrimage from Europe to Asia. The relationship with Tim blossomed, but Nan died before their return. 1 videodisc (26 min.)

MEDIA 10-2205

 

Search for answers Cuba - Capetown connection 2002

"This film describes a journey by a South African HIV activist, parlimentary lobbyist - who travels to Cuba to see how they have managed to realise a HIV National Program which has maintained one of the [lowest] AIDS rates in the world.  The South African government has claimed that the costs of Aids medicines is beyond their means, while Cuba, - a much poorer country - has been supplying these medicines to their population.  The traditional close relationship between Cuba and the present South African government, makes this contradiction all the more revealing.  A Search for Answers to todays most burning questions of the global HIV situation.."--Container. 1 videodisc (60 min)

MEDIA 10-4241

 

Sex positive 2010

David Oliver Cohen, Daryl Wein, Richard Berkowitz, Might and Main Film, and E1 Entertainment (Firm)

Documents the life and work of Richard Berkowitz, a gay former S & M worker who became an AIDS activist and advocated safe sex for gay men. 1 videodisc (75 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2570

 

The Smith family 2002

Tasha Oldham, Noelle Wright, Matthew Bennett, SmallTown Productions, and New Day Films

In this poignant and intimate documentary of the Smiths, a Mormon family living in Salt Lake City, the family is initially shattered, then ultimately strengthened by their love for each other following Steve's admission of multiple sexual encounters with other men, and his subsequent death from AIDS. 1 videodisc (79 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2359

 

We were here 2011

"A deep and reflective look at the arrival and impact of AIDS in San Francisco and how individuals rose to the occasion during the first years of this unimaginable crisis"--IMDb.  1 videodisc (90 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3771

 

Yesterday 2006

Darrell Roodt, Anant Singh, Helena Spring, Kenneth Kambule, Leleti Khumalo, Harriet Lenabe, HBO Films, and Home Box Office (Firm)

After falling ill, Yesterday learns that she is HIV positive. With her husband in denial and a young daughter to tend to, Yesterday's one goal is to live long enough to see her child go to school. Set against the awesome, harsh landscapes of South Africa. 1 videodisc (ca. 95 min.)

MEDIA 10-1339

 

2 dollars with or without a condom 1996

Leyla Assaf-Tengroth

"Ethiopia has become to the Arab world what Thailand is to European tourists.  Prostitution in Ethiopia has increased incredibily in recent years.  In one section of Addis Ababa, some 130,000 girls support themselves by selling their bodies.  Most of them are under eighteen, and many even under fourteen.  In this probing documentary we meet the victims, girls that have been orphaned, or thrown out by their families, or are hoping to find a better life.  They are compelled to turn to prostitution to survive.  The young ones don't even earn enough money to buy food.  The older ones earn more but yearn to work the luxury hotels as high class prostitutes.  Virtually all the girls are HIV positive.  Condoms are seldom used, even though they are distributed free in many places. Customers, believing the youngest girls are HIV-free, seek them out, which in turn keeps lowering the age of girls becoming HIV infected.". 1 videocassette (40 min.)

MEDIA 2-3854

 

ACT UP 2002

James Wentzy and Frameline (Firm)

A compilation of footage documenting the first ACT UP meeting in 1987 on New York City's Wall Street and continues to 2002. 1 videocassette (75 min.)

MEDIA 2-6736

 

The age of AIDS c2006

Renata Simone, William Cran, Greg Barker, Will Lyman, WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), Paladin InVision, Ltd, Silverbridge Productions, Granada Television International, Channel Four (Great Britain), WGBH Educational Foundation , and PBS Home Video

Part one follows the trail of a medical mystery which began in 1981 when five gay men in Los Angeles were diagnosed with a deadly new disease. Traces the international response in the first years of the epidemic, contrasting moments of inspirational leadership with the tragedy of missed opportunities. Reveals the astounding spread of the infection to over 70 million infections in 2006. Part two explores the chasm that emerged between rich and poor following the development of the miraculous "triple cocktail" HIV treatment. While the discovery seemed to signal a new era in which AIDS was no longer a fatal disease, the high price of the drugs meant they were unaffordable to patients in developing nations. Also examines the next wave of the AIDS epidemic in some of the most populous and strategically important nations in the world, including Russia, India and China, and tracks the same pattern of official denial and political indifference that characterized the epidemic in so many other countries. 1 videodisc (240 min.)

DANA 373

 

AIDS biological perspective 1995

Charlotte Angel, Terry C Gleason, Pat Grounds, Fred Grounds, Ron Coy, and Greg Harpold

Medical professionals, AIDS activists and persons infected with HIV discuss the biological mechanisms of HIV infection, the drug therapies currently available and the prospects for the development of preventive measures, such as vaccines. 1 videocassette (32 min.)

MEDIA 2-5203

 

AIDS, helping families cope 1988

Joan Levy Zlotnik

Recommendations for meeting the psychosocial needs of persons with AIDS and their families. 1 videocassette (55 min.)

DANA 1150

 

AIDS in Africa 1990

Roger Pyke, Simcha Jacobovici, Henry Gold, Kate Lynch, and Elliott Halpern

Health care providers and the every day people of Africa themselves discuss the effects and the spread of AIDS, primarily in central Africa. 1 videocassette (52 min.)

MEDIA 2-6029

 

AIDS is about secrets 1988

Harry Howard, Deborah Cavanaugh-Grant, Sandra A Elkin, and Linda Tillery

This video is the first in a series of behaviorally oriented AIDS intervention videos produced by the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies at the New York State Psychiatric Institute.  "AIDS is about secrets" was designed for Black women who are at risk because they are or have been the sex partners of male intravenous drug users.  The video portrays the stories of four women, Jalene, Tamara, Aisha, and Nicole.  Each woman's story is based on the real-life experiences of women who shared their stories. 1 videocassette (ca. 38 min.)

DANA. DANA 169 169

 

AIDS research the story so far 1994

Jon Palfreman and Will Lyman

State-of-the-art computer animation reveals never-before-seen views of the AIDS virus, and top AIDS researchers explain their work. They have discovered people who are infected with HIV for more than a decade and remain healthy.  A vaccine may prevent the disease--although it may carry dangerous side effects.  Our current knowledge about AIDS, and future drugs that may be cures are discussed. 1 videocassette (57 min.)

MEDIA 2-2960

 

The AIDS show artists involved with death and survival 1987

Peter Adair and Robert Epstein

The AIDS show deals with the impact of the AIDS epidemic on the community of gay men. It is based on San Francisco's Theatre Rhinoceros stage production of the same name. A powerful hybird of documentary and drama. 1 videocassette (58 min.)

MEDIA 2-563

 

Aids the woman's story c2004

Ireen van Ditshuyzen, Walther Grotenhuis, IdtV-DITS (Firm), and Filmakers Library, inc

This film travels to Kenya, Brazil and Thailand to tell the personal stories of women with AIDS. 1 videocassette (ca. 61 min)

MEDIA 2-7183

 

And the band played on 1993

Roger Spottiswoode, Matthew Modine, Randy Shilts, Arnold Schulman, Midge Sanford, Sarah Pillsbury, Paul Elliott, and Carter Burwell

Follows the struggle of a handful of strong-willed men and women who took on the fight to save lives in the face of a mysterious illness now called AIDS. 1 videocassette (140 min.)

DANA. MEDIA 587 2-2604

 

Andre's mother 1998

Terrence McNally, Deborah Reinisch, Sarah Green, Richard Thomas, Sada Thompson, Sylvia Sidney, Richard Venture, and Haviland Morris

Katherine has lost her son, Cal has lost his lover, and together they must seek a reconciliation, an understanding of life with and now without their Andre who has lost his life to AIDS. 1 videocassette (58 min.)

DANA 1499

 

Angels in America c2004

Celia Costas, Mike Nichols, Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson, Mary-Louise Parker, Jeffrey Wright, Justin Kirk, Ben Shenkman, Patrick Wilson, James Cromwell, Tony Kushner, HBO Films, Avenue Pictures, and HBO Video (Firm)

Set in 1985. Revolves around two very different men with AIDS, one fictional, one fictionalized. Roy Cohn, personifies all the hypocrisy, delusion and callousness of the official response to the plague. Nothing shakes Roy's lack of empathy: even on his death bed, he's fighting with his gay nurse and taunting the woman he helped put to death, Ethel Rosenberg. The other patient is Prior Walter, who is visited by an angel and deserted by his self-pitying lover, Louis. Louis moves on to a relationship with Joe Pitt, a Mormon lawyer whose closeted homosexuality drives his wife to delusions and brings his mother to New York. 2 videodiscs (ca. 352 min.)

DANA 329

 

A.B.C Africa 2005

Abbas Kiarostami, Marin Karmitz, Seifollah Samadian, MK2 Productions, New Yorker Films, and New Yorker Video (Firm)

Over the course of a 10-day visit to Uganda in 2001, Abbas Kiarostami uses his camera to capture and caress the faces of a thousand orphans. An alternately heartbreaking and optimistic view of the results of the AIDS epidemic and civil war. 1 videodisc (139 min.)

MEDIA 10-1021

 

Brazil winning against AIDS 2001

Bruno Sorrentino and Rachel Atkins

Since Brazil started to manufacture its own HIV and AIDS drugs in 1997, the national program has halved the death rate from AIDS, prevented thousands of new patients from being hospitalized, and helped stabilize the epidemic. This program examines whether Brazil's program can be replicated in other countries. 1 videocassette (28 min.)

MEDIA 2-5919

 

A burning issue Some burning questions 2005

Abhijit Dasgupta, Rajiv Mehrotra, Public Service Broadcasting Trust (New Delhi, India), Prasar Bharti Corporation (India), Open Frame, Syncline Films Pvt. Ltd, and Doordarshan (Television station : New Delhi, India)

Through candid interviews with HIV+ patients in Kolkata, these two films provide an insight into their lives and their struggle against social stigma and discrimination. 2 videodiscs (ca. 60 min.)

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Chocolate babies 1997

Stephen Winter, Jason Kliot, Joana Vicente , Claude E Sloan, Dudley Findlay, and Suzanne Gregg Ferguson

Welcome to the front lines of AIDS activism, where the latest enemy raids are being run by a band of unlikely warriors. These self-proclaimed "black faggots with a political agenda" launch street assaults on conservative politicians who won't support a hospice in their New York City neighborhood, but when they also manage to infiltrate the office of a city councilman who is deep in the closet, the action sets in motion unexpected events that begin to pull the group apart. 1 videocassette (83 min.)

MEDIA 2-5582

 

A closer walk c2003

Robert Bilheimer, Glenn Close, Will Smith, Global Health Council, Worldwide Documentaries, Inc, and Direct Cinema Ltd

Documents the realities of the AIDS epidemic around the world. 1 videodisc (85 min.)

DANA 316

 

Common threads stories from the quilt 1990

Robert Epstein, Jeffrey B Friedman, Bill Couturié, and Dustin Hoffman

Presents profiles of five individuals whose stories reflect the diversity and common tragedy of those who have died of AIDS. Through interviews, photographs, home movies and other remembrances, the film celebrates their lives and achievements and shows how their families and loved ones have come to terms with their loss by participating in the NAMES Project, an international AIDS memorial that takes the shape of a huge quilt. 1 videocassette (80 min.)

DANA 290

 

Conquering an invisible world c1999

Hervé Martin Delpierre, Cinquičme (Firm), Rigaud Productions, Radio-Télévision belge de la communauté culturelle française, TFO, TVOntario, Entre Chien et Loup (Firm), and Films for the Humanities (Firm)

Examines the history of scientific research into the study of viruses. Covers significant outbreaks of viral diseases beginning with yellow fever during the building of the Panama Canal in 1893 to the emergence of AIDS in the 1980s. 1 videocassette (52 min.)

MEDIA 2-6849

 

DiAna's hair ego AIDS info up front 1990

Ellen Spiro

Documents the growth of the South Carolina AIDS Education Network, which operates out of DiAna's Hair Ego, DiAna's beauty salon. 1 videocassette (29 min.)

MEDIA 2-1693

 

Doctors, liars and women 1988

Jean Carlomusto and Maria Maggenti

In January 1988, Cosmopolitan published an article by Dr. Robert E. Gould about the risk factor for hetersexual women. Confrontation with Dr. Gould, clips from various "talk shows" and footage covering the development of and occurrance of a protest rally at Cosmopolitan make up the content of the video. 1 videocassette (24 min.)

MEDIA 2-2047

 

Drawing on life the art of David Fincham, a documentary 1992

Richard L Harrison and David Fincham

A documentary of artist David Fincham, who knew he was HIV positive at the time of the documentary. Interviews with Fincham and selection of his drawings and paintings examine the impact of the HIV virus on his life and art. 1 videocassette (29 min.)

DOUGLASS 150

 

Everyone's child 1996

Tsitsi Dangarembga, Nomsa Mlambo, Thulani Sandhla, Walter Muparutsa, Elijah Madzikatire, Chunky Phiri, and Killness Nyati

In a rural village in Zimbabwe, Tamari and Itai are devastated following the tragic death from AIDS of both their parents. For the children this is a time of fear and survival as family and neighbors turn their heads. The social climate in the city is just as hostile as it is in the village. In the end it is only tragedy that can bridge the gulf of denial between their two worlds and make the community realize that these are everyone's children. 1 videocassette (83 min.)

MEDIA 2-3617

 

The fighting edge 1990

Merlin Olsen and Jan Getz

Discusses how the human body's immune system maintains good health and fights disease. Explores the relationship of the immune system to cancer, allergies, and AIDS, and describes medical treatments.  Presents a case study of a baby born with a defective immune system and tells how he was treated so that he could live a normal life.  Includes animated sequences. 1 videocassette (52 min.)

MEDIA 2-2917

 

The fire within c2002

Elyse Katz, Bonnie Dickenson, Leanne Whitney, August Moon Entertainment, and Filmmakers Alliance

"Bob Bowers is a long-term AIDS survivor who was diagnosed in 1983 at the age of 20.  He met Shawn 10 years ago and in spite of his disease, she married him six months later.  To this day she remains HIV-negative.  We record Shawn's participation in a 7-day, 575-mile bike ride as she tries, in some measure, to replicate Bob's everyday battles, his everyday victories"--Container. 1 videodisc (62 min.)

MEDIA 10-1633

 

The gift 2002

Louise Hogarth, Doug Hitzel, and Dream Out Loud Films

The Gift documents the phenomenon of deliberate HIV infection. The film follows the stories of two "bug chasers" who sought out "the gift" of HIV infection. Also interviewed are AIDS activist and author, Walt Odets, PhD, and HIV+ and HIV- men. The film explores the normalization and glamorization of HIV/AIDS and discusses the isolation and division caused by HIV status in the gay community. 1 videodisc (62 min.)

MEDIA 10-1694

 

The Heart of the matter 1994

Amber Hollibaugh and Gini Reticker

Focuses on the inspiring story of Janice Jirau, an HIV-positive African American woman, who deals with the knowledge that she has AIDS.  A chorus of other HIV-positive women underscores the universal nature of the problems Janice confronted and draws attention to the alarming growth of the epidemic among women. 1 videocassette (54 min.)

MEDIA 2-2778

 

HIV & AIDS 1991

Russell C. J Knightly and A. Ralph Rosenthal

Explains the transmission and prevention of HIV infection.  Covers the pathophysiology, testing, and treatment of AIDS.   Footage includes scenes at health clinics, interspersed with explicit graphics. 1 videocassette (31 min.)

MEDIA 2-2132

 

The Intimate epidemic 1989

Jim Hartz, Elissa Leonard, and Jon Merdin

This program presents the epidemic of sexually transmitted diseases: gonorrhea, syphilis, herpes, chlamydia, genital warts, AIDS, and the recent advances in detecting, treating, and preventing their further spread. 1 videocassette (24 min.)

MEDIA 2-2957

 

The Last laugh 1990

Sally Kellerman, Deborah Jones, and Karin Babbitt Chilcott

Documentary of a comedy workshop and show night in which professional comedians work with people with AIDS to create an original act for public performance. Promotes laughter as therapy. 1 videocassette (56 min.)

DANA 261

 

Life and death on the A-list 1996

Jay Corcoran

Presents a portrait of actor Tom McBride's gay lifestyle in New York and his fall from grace when he contracts AIDS. 1 videocassette (45 min.)

MEDIA 2-6213

 

A life less ordinary 2007

Raabiya Jayaram, Rajiv Mehrotra, Public Service Broadcasting Trust (New Delhi, India), Prasar Bharti Corporation (India), Open Frame, Formedia (Organization), European Union, Syncline Films Pvt. Ltd, and Doordarshan (Television station : New Delhi, India)

A film on children living with HIV in India. It looks at the lives of three children who talk openly about their life and how the HIV virus affects it. It also attempts to bring in the larger perspective of the status of HIV programs in the county, through the voices of practitioners who are working with HIV+ children. 1 videodisc of 1 (DVD) (ca. 30 min.)

MEDIA 10-1647

 

Life support /=HBO Video 2007

Nelson George, Jim McKay, Latifah, Anna Deavere Smith, Wendell Pierce, Rachel Nicks, Evan Ross, Gloria Reuben, Tony Rock, Darrin Dewitt Henson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Hannah Weyer, Mark A Baker, HBO Films, Foxx/King Entertainment, Flavor Unit Films, Urban Romances (Firm), Shelby Stone Productions, and HBO Video (Firm)

Ana is an HIV-positive woman and recovering junkie, taking care of a 9-year-old daughter and a husband who is also HIV-positive. While making the most of a local social services program in order to regain stability in her life, she also attempts to reunite with her estranged teenage daughter, living with Ana's mother. 1 videodisc (ca. 88 min.)

DANA 336

 

Lonely angels 2007

Prem Kumar Aman, Rajiv Mehrotra, Prasar Bharti Corporation (India), Public Service Broadcasting Trust (New Delhi, India), Open Frame, Rare Earth (Firm), European Union, Formedia (Organization), Internews--Europe, Syncline Films Pvt. Ltd, and Doordarshan (Television station : New Delhi, India)

Child trafficking victims who have contracted HIV of Andhra Pradesh, India narrating their experiences. 1 videodisc (ca. 30 min.)

MEDIA 10-1646

 

Mainline 1991

Matthew Herath, Peter McCaffrey, and A. Zoltan Toth

In this investigative newscast, McCaffrey uncovers hard facts about the effects of substance abuse on the human body and mind.  Aims to inform workers about the safety and health hazards caused by alcohol and drug use in the workplace. 1 videocassette (15 min.)

ALCOHOL/NJ HN4998.M35

 

Margaret Sanger a public nuisance 1992

Terese Svoboda, Steve Bull, Esther Katz, Barbara Abrash, Miki Navazio, Giancarlo Biagi, Larry Blake, Franklin Bull, Susan Carlson, and Laura Fernandez

A biography of Margaret Sanger, nurse, midwife, social activist, feminist and an early advocate of birth control and women's rights. The film is made in the style of an old silent film with archival footage interspersed with printed titles and "tongue in cheek" dramatized topical interludes. 1 videocassette (ca. 28 min.)

MEDIA 2-5421

 

Medical aspects of HIV disease 1989

James D Waltner

Dr. James D. Waltner, physician administrator of the Social Services Division of the New Mexico Human Services Department gives a lecture on the medical aspects of AIDS.  He reviews HIV disease, pediatric AIDS, risk reduction-care providers, and preparation for medical care. 1 videocassette (58 min.)

DANA 181

 

Montaana de Luz 2009?

Matthew Leahy, Noonday Films, and Fanlight Productions

"Meet the children of the Montaana de Luz (Mountain of Light) orphanage who are HIV positive and a living testament to the beauty and innocence of childhood in the face of adversity beyond their years. This documentary paints a stirring portrait of a loving community where nothing is truly certain but home, and where each birthday is a celebration of dreams fulfilled and dreams to come"--www.fanlight.com. 1 videodisc (40 min.)

MEDIA 10-1642

 

Non je ne regrette rien No regret 1992

Marlon T Riggs

Five gay Black men discuss growing up and living in the United States, focusing on the social pressures and the fear of AIDS. 1 videocassette (38 min.)

MEDIA 2-2130

 

Odô yá! life with AIDS 1997

Tânia Cypriano

"This is the affirming story of how Candomblé, a Brazilian religion of African origin, has become a source of strength and power for a group of AIDS sufferers.". 1 videocassette (58 min.)

MEDIA 2-5612

 

Other faces of AIDS 1989

George Strait and John Grassie

Discusses the rapid spread of AIDS through the Black, Hispanic, and other minority communities.  Community leaders including Mayor Good of Philadelphia and Jesse Jackson, experts and doctors including Dr. C. Everett Koop appear.  Despite numerous public information campaigns, extensive media attention and a growing public awareness, the message has clearly missed its mark in minority communities. 1 videocassette (58 min.)

MEDIA 2-1840

 

Pandemic 1993

Susan Lambert, Stefan Moore, and George Page

Explores how health providers, as a result of the AIDS pandemic, are going beyond the walls of the hospital to respond to the social conditions that cause disease. 1 videocassette (55 min.)

MEDIA 2-3974

 

Paying the price 2001

Toni Strasburg, Steven Markowitz, Platon Trakoshis, and Hakeem Kae-Kazim

This program examines the history of AIDS treatment in Africa. It details Uganda's success with a UN-sponsored program of price reduction and medical education, and South Africa's refusal to begin a national AIDS treatment program. It also looks at the success of smaller local programs that are bringing hope for the future to many infected Africans. 1 videocassette (28 min.)

MEDIA 2-5924

 

Philadelphia 1994

Jonathan Demme, Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, and Ron Nyswaner

Powerful story of two competing lawyers who join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. 1 videocassette (ca. 125 min.) ;

MEDIA. MEDIA 2-2732 2-3957

 

The Pilgrim must embark living in community 1991

Mara B Adelman and Peter Shultz

Examines the workings of an intentional community, Bonaventure House, in Chicago, composed of 26 people living with AIDS. Addresses the challeges of diverse individuals living in community and the issues of communication and participation. 1 videocassette (25 min.)

MEDIA 2-2131

 

Psychosocial aspects of HIV disease 1989

Patricia Beckler

Patricia Beckler, assistant professor of the Department of Social work, New Mexico State University, gives a lecture on the psychosocial aspects of AIDS.  The objectives of her lecture are to: 1) identify the psychosocial aspects of HIV disease; 2) list stressors affecting children and families in their environment and cultural context; and 3) identify the self-awareness issues for the membes of the child welfare system. 1 videocassette (55 min.)

DANA 180

 

Race against time the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Africa 2002

Judy Jackson

This film is about the inspiring work of Canadian Stephen Lewis, the United Nations Special Envoy on AIDS/HIV in Africa, as he searches for solutions to the pandemic ravaging the continent. 1 videocassette (48 min.)

MEDIA 2-6046

 

The rules of dying c1995

Jane Homan, University of California, Berkeley, University Extension, and Moving Images Distribution

Shows how different members of a family with an AIDS patient cope with the situation. 1 videocassette (45 min.)

MEDIA 2-7427

 

Searching for Hawa's secret 1999

Larry Krotz, Joe MacDonald, David Fox, National Film Board of Canada, and First Run/Icarus Films

Canadian scientist Frank Plummer discovered that a small group of sex workers in the Nairobi shanty-town seemed to be immune from HIV. He believed a vaccine for HIV might come from duplicating whatever it was that make this group of women immune. 1 videocassette (47 min.)

MEDIA 2-6336

 

Shouting silent c2002

Renée Rosen, Xoliswa Sithole, Nayanaya Pictures (Firm), Wanderlust Productions (Firm), and Women Make Movies (Firm)

Xoliswa Sithole, an adult orphan who lost her mother to AIDS in 1996, explores the devastation wrought on the orphaned children of South Africa by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. 1 videocassette (52 min.)

MEDIA 2-6299

 

Side by side women against AIDS in Zimbabwe 1993

Harvey McKinnon and Peter Davis

In the fight against AIDS, Zimbabwean women stand side by side mobilizing communities, educating people, and empowering women. This film follows a social worker and a theater director/magazine editor as each uses her skills to overcome the effects of AIDS. 1 videocassette (47 min.)

MEDIA 2-3645

The silent killer AIDS in South Africa  1999

Marika Griehsel

Patients, social workers, medical experts and government policy makers speak out on the HIV epidemic which is infecting more than 1500 people per day in South Africa. 1 videocassette (52 min.)

MEDIA 2-6030

 

Silverlake life the view from here c1994

Tom Joslin, Peter J Friedman, J.P. Weiner Productions, London Productions, Channel Four (Great Britain), Betelgeuse Productions, and New Video Group

Presents the story of Tom Joslin and Mark Massi, a gay couple who both have AIDS. Documents their life together and the process of living with AIDS. 1 videocassette (99 min.)

MEDIA 2-7126

 

Simon & I 2001

Bev Ditsie, Nicky Newman, See Thru Media (Firm), Day Zero Film & Video (Firm), Yleisradio Oy, and Women Make Movies (Firm)

This video recounts the lives of two giants in the South African gay and lesbian liberation movement, Simon Nkoli and the filmmaker herself, Bev Ditsie. 1 videocassette (52 min.)

MEDIA 2-6297

 

Speaking out women, AIDS, and hope 2002

Joanne Burke, Blue Lion Films, and Women Make Movies (Firm)

Profiles a remarkable HIV and AIDS support project in Bamako, Mali, and three brave women who work tirelessly on behalf of the infected community. 1 videocassette (56 min.)

MEDIA 2-6300

 

State of denial c2003

Elaine Epstein, Lovett Productions, and California Newsreel (Firm)

South Africa is the country with the highest number of HIV positive people in the world. This video illustrates how they must fight not only the disease but the drug cartels and the inactivity of their own government to get treatment. 1 videocassette (83 min.)

MEDIA 2-7355

 

Time out the truth about HIV, AIDS and you 1992

Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Kim Swann, Thad Mumford, Arsenio Hall, and Earvin Johnson

Get the latest facts on HIV and AIDS in this music-filled, entertaining video.  Stars take an honest look at HIV and AIDS including latest facts and important dos and don'ts.  Includes common misconceptions about HIV/AIDS, teen talk, condom use, HIV methods of transmission, HIV detection tests, living with HIV/AIDS, and statistics. 1 videocassette (42 min.)

DANA 1171

 

Undetectable 2001

Jay Corcoran

Follows six women and men, straight and gay, of different ethnic and cultural backgrounds, over a three-year period as they deal for the first time with hope.  Though the new multi-drug therapies offer a possible reprieve from what was once considered a death sentence, they nonetheless face both a grueling treatment regimen and the complex physical and psychological challenges of rebuilding their lives.  Not everyone responds. 1 videocassette (55 min., 52 sec.)

MEDIA 2-5853

 

Video against AIDS Program 2 1989

Bill Horrigan and John Greyson

Program 2 deals with homophobia and sexual discrimination in the popular media's representation of the disease, a mother's dedication to her son who suffers from AIDS, and how communities can responsibly respond to the AIDS crisis by fighting fear and ignorance through education. 1 videocassette (119 min.)

MEDIA 2-836

 

Video against AIDS Program 3 1989

John Greyson and Bill Horrigan

Program 3 discusses the traumas AIDS has inflicted upon the personal and public body of thought, the media's culpability in promoting AIDS hysteria and the resulting threat to lesbian and gay communities, and documents activist responses to inadequacies in government health care, the legal system, education, and scientific research. 1 videocassette (115 min.)

MEDIA 2-837

 

Wa 'n wina Sincerely yours-- 2001?

Dumisani Phakathi, Mickey Madoda Dube, Steps for the Future (Organization), and California Newsreel (Firm)

Filmmaker Dumisani Phakathi returns to his old neighborhood in Phiri, Soweto and engages with friends to discuss relationships, sex, love, and AIDS. They talk intimately about the realities of the street and choices they have been forced to make. Reveals the gaps between everyday life and the AIDS campaigns that often talk past the very people they are supposed to address. 1 videocassette (52 min.)

MEDIA 2-7840

 

Yesterday 2006

Darrell Roodt, Anant Singh, Helena Spring, Kenneth Kambule, Leleti Khumalo, Harriet Lenabe, HBO Films, and Home Box Office (Firm)

After falling ill, Yesterday learns that she is HIV positive. With her husband in denial and a young daughter to tend to, Yesterday's one goal is to live long enough to see her child go to school. Set against the awesome, harsh landscapes of South Africa. 1 videodisc (ca. 95 min.)

MEDIA 10-1339

 

Zero patience 1994

John Greyson, John Robinson, Normand Fauteux, Dianne Heatherington, Anna Stratton, and Louise Garfield

A tall tale of love and loss, sex and science, history and hysteria in the age of AIDS. 1 videocassette (100 min.)

MEDIA 2-6075