Face of Aids - Global AIDS Film Archive

Excerpts from one to one interview with Anthony Fauci, M.D., Director NIAID at NIH, April 2006

Length: 06:53

Dr Anthony Fauci is head of US AIDS research since the 80´s. He is Director of the National Institute of Allergy, Infectious Diseases and AIDS, (NIAID) at the NIH in Bethesda, Maryland. He is interviewed about his longtime experiences in the global fight agains HIV/ AIDS. This is a segment from a three hour long interview made in his Georgetown home by Staffan Hildebrand in April 2006.

Excerpts from one to one interview with James Curran, M.D., Dean, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, April 2006

Length: 07:07

This is an excerpt from a one to one interview made by Staffan Hildebrand, Face of AIDS in April 2006 with dr James Curran, former director at the US Centers for Diseasae Control and Prevention in Atlanta, and today Dean at Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University. He speaks about his longtime experiences in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Dr Curran is one of the early pioneers in fighting HIV/ AIDS on the global arena.

Exerpts from interview with Craig MacClure, Executive Director, International AIDS Society

Length: 04:10

This interview with Craig McClure, Executive Director of the International AIDS Society, was made at the IAS headquarter in Geneva in March 2008. He comments on the upcoming AIDS conference in Mexico City, AIDS 2008, and also on some of the earlier AIDS-conferences and there importance as time markers of the AIDS response.

HIV/AIDS in Alabama, USA 2006

Length: 04:24

The spread of HIV in the US deep south, in states like Alabama, is increasing among the black minority. This film, shot in May 2006, is highlighting the AIDS situation in the state and the efforts by AIDS Alabama to halt further spread. The CEO of AIDS Alabama, Kathy Hiers, is interviwed along with Robert Williamson, living with AIDS.AIDS-expert dr Michael Saag, University of Alabama, is also interviewed.

HIV/AIDS in rural India 2007

Length: 04:25

This film higlights the spread of HIV in the Nammakal district, in the southern state of Tamil Nadu and the effort to halt further spread. This effort is led by the Nammakal General Hospital. They focus on intervention among long distance truck drivers and female sex workers serving them. Indian AIDS expert dr. Nm Samuel is intervewed in Nammakal. Shot in October 2007.

Interview with Dr Jonathan Mann. WHO, Geneva, 1988

Length: 07:43

Dr Jonathan Mann first confronted AIDS in central Africa in the early 80´s. He became the first Director of the Global Program on AIDS at the World Health Organization in Geneva. He died in 1998 and is remembered for his unque leadership role in the global fight against HIV/AIDS. This is an excerpt from a longer interview made in Geneva in March 1988 by Staffan Hildebrand, and was one of the first interviews made in the Face of Aids documentation project.

Thailand - Confronting HIV/ AIDS

Length: 05:50

This film will give you a quick overview of how the AIDS situation in Thailand, has developed between 1988 - 2004. After the early phase, a political leadership at top level helped to mobilze the community to successfully fight HIV/ AIDS. At the center was the Senator Mechai Viravaidya, in media called Mr Condom. He has been a real pioneer, in halting the spread of HIV/ AIDS in Thailand. Today there is free distribution of anti retro virals to people living with HIV and AIDS. This film ends with a story shot in 2004 about seventeen year old orphan, On, living with HIV since birth. She now lives at an orphanage and gets free medication each day. Her dream is that all people living with HIV/ AIDS will have free access to anti retro viral treatment.

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