Film Archive
African perspectives 1987
Length: 04:38
This is an excerpt from one of the first documentaries on AIDS and Africa produced by British Channel 4 in 1987. The title of the film was “African Perspectives”, focusing on how the virus started to spread at an alarming rate through the Pan African Highway in countries like Uganda and Tanzania in the late 80´s.
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- Adam Subiono
- Alvin Friedman-kein
- Amos Mwale
- Anne Wiseman
- Annie Lennox
- Anthony Fauci
- Carissa Etienne
- Christina Ralsgård
- Christopher Hamlin
- Craig McClure
- Daniel Tarantola
- David Gordon
- Dr Didier Jayle
- Dr Eleonora Pati Quinhóes
- Dr Howard Grossman
- Dr Julian Gold
- Dr Mervin F. Silverman
- Dr Michael Saag
- Dr N.M. Samuel
- Dr Robert C Gallo
- Dr Samuel Okware
- Dr Selma Dritz
- Edford Mutuma
- Edna Oppenheimer
- Eleonora Quinhoes
- Elisabeth Mataka
- Elizabeth Glazer
- Fernando Gabeira
- Francois Barre-sinnousi
- Frika Chia Iskandar
- Gracia Violeta Ross
- Guiseppe Brunetta
- James Curran
- Jim Kim
- John Lesnick
- Jonathan Mann
- Josephine Rudebeck
- Julio Montaner
- Katarina Lindahl
- Kathie Hiers
- Kenneth Kaunda
- Larry Kramer
- Lars Olof Kallings
- Lennarth Hjelmaker
- Lona Okwenku
- Luc Montagnier
- Lyle Taylor
- Mabel Bianco
- Magic Johnson
- Maria Fuentes
- Mark Heywood
- Martin Delaney
- Matilde Krim
- Mechai Viravaidya
- Mervyn Silverman
- Michael Kelly
- Michael Kirby
- Michel Sidibe
- Nelson Mazika
- Norein Kaleeba
- Oum Sopheap
- Paul Volberding
- Pedro Cahn
- Penh Mony
- Peter Piot
- Philip Pizzo
- Ricardo Baruch
- Richard Williamson
- Rock Hudson
- Ron Stall
- Rose Bulya Kizito
- Ryan Whyte
- Seng Samath
- Seth Berkley
- Sharon Stone
- Sibu Sibulele
- Skytt Mukeli Nzambo
- Toni Ros
- Tuy Sodil
- Viji Joseph
- Violeta Gracia Ross
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