Excerpts from interview with Martin Delaney, Founding Director, Project Inform, May 2006

Length: 06:10

This interview with Martin Delaney, founder and director of the San Fransisco based Project Inform, was made in 2006. He was one of the early AIDS-activists when AIDS hit hard in San Fransisco in the early 80´s. This is a segment from a longer Face of AIDS one to one interview.

Excerpts from one to one interview with Larry Kramer, writer and AIDS activist, May 2006

Length: 07:33

This excerpt from a long interview with pioneer AIDS activist and writer Larry Kramer from New York, was made in his New York apartment April 2006, highlights the early years of American AIDS activism. Kramer founded the Gay Men´s Health Crisis in New York in 1985. Interview made by Staffan Hildebrand.

Interview with Peter Piot, Executive Director, UNAIDS, November 2007

Length: 05:48

Peter Piot, Executive Director of UNAIDS, Geneva, has actively been involved in the global fight against HIV/AIDS since the mid 80´s. During his 12 years as head of UNAIDS, he has seen the global commitment to HIV/AIDS grow from 200 million dollar a year to 8 billion dollars a year. This is an excerpt from a long one to one interview made in his Geneva home in January 2007 by Face of AIDS Staffan Hildebrand.

Metro Teen AIDS, Washington DC, USA, 2006

Length: 03:07

Metro Teen AIDS, highlighted in this film shot 2006, is a succesful youth HIV prevention project in Washington DC targeting young people. The young peer educators go to the streets and meet young people and communicate messages of safe sex and HIV information. Anne Wiesman, program director, is interviewed along with Tyrone, 17, peer educator.

Story of AIDS activism in the US

Length: 04:15

This film focus on some major milestones in American AIDS activism, as a response to the rapid spread of HIV in the USA between 1985 – 1996. The film highlights violent demostrations between Aids activists and police. The famous Aids activist and writer Larry Kramer and the head of US Aids research Dr Anthony Fauci recolects ther memories from a confrontational time. The Quilt Names Project, to commemorate those who died of AIDS, and Project Inform, both based in San Fransisco, are also highlited in the film.

The story of anti- retroviral treatment

Length: 03:22

This film highlights the development of AIDS drugs from the first one, AZT in 1986 to the introduction of anti retro viral treatment (ARV) in 1996 and to the second generation ARV in 2004. Martin Delaney from the Project Inform, San Fransisco, AIDS expert dr Anthony Fauci from the federal US National Institutes of Health (NIH) and dr. Robert Gallo, co-discoverer of HIV, comments on the rapid development. AIDS patients on ARV are also interviewed in the film.

Women at the Frontline (Original version)

Length: 24:49

This is the original version of Face of AIDS main film to the AIDS 2008 conference in Mexico City. The name is "Women at the Frontline" and it portrays four young women living with HIV/AIDS and also deeply involved in the global response to HIV/AIDS. These women are: Frika Chia Iskandar,26, from Jakarta, now involved in the Asian Pacific Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS, APN+, based in Bangkok. Violeta Gracia Ross, from La Paz in Bolivia, is involved in REDBOL, Bolivian People living with HIV/AIDS and is also active on the Latin America arena in fighting stigma and discrimination. Skytt Nzambu, is involved in Kenya Women Network living with AIDS, KENWA abd focusing her work on young people and children. Toni Ros is a Swedish high school art student, 18 years old, living with HIV/AIDS since birth. She is involved in HIV Sweden and is using her art to fight stigma and discrmination.

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Women at the Frontline (Short version)

Length: 06:54

This is a six minute short version of Face of AIDS main film to the AIDS 2008 conference in Mexico City. The name is "Women at the Frontline" and it portrays four young women living with HIV/AIDS and also deeply involved in the global response to HIV/AIDS. These women are: Frika Chia Iskandar,26, from Jakarta, now involved in the Asian Pacific Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS, APN+, based in Bangkok. Violeta Gracia Ross, from La Paz in Bolivia, is involved in REDBOL, Bolivian People living with HIV/AIDS and is also active on the Latin America arena in fighting stigma and discrimination. Skytt Nzambu, is involved in Kenya Women Network living with AIDS, KENWA abd focusing her work on young people and children. Toni Ros is a Swedish high school art student, 18 years old, living with HIV/AIDS since birth. She is involved in HIV Sweden and is using her art to fight stigma
and discrmination.

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Young Men as Equal Partners, Zambia, 2007

Length: 05:46

This film highlights the fight against HIV/AIDS in Zambia, focusing on the youth oriented projects Youth Vision and Young Men as Equal Partners. The projects communicates messages of sexual and reproductive health and rights to young people in Zambia. AIDS activists Edford Mutuma and Amos Mwale are interviewed.