Film Archive

Dr. Anthony Fauci at the AIDS 2008 conference

Dr. Anthony Fauci at the AIDS 2008 conference

Length: 06:24

This interview with dr Anthony Fauci, head of US AIDS research at the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIAID, NIH, i Bethesda, USA was made at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City in August 2008.
He comments on the global impact of this big AIDS conference, and also on the future prospects of AIDS research and AIDS vaccine trials. Dr Fauci is one of the most respected AIDS adcocates in the world.

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

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.

Story of AIDS activism in the US

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 Legacy of Dr. Jonathan Mann, 1947-1998

The Legacy of Dr. Jonathan Mann, 1947-1998

Length: 09:58

Jonathan Mann, a medical scientist and doctor from the US, became the first Director of the World Health Organization's Global Program on AIDS in 1985. He became one of the most important global AIDS advocates ever, and was the first to connect the global response to HIV/AIDS to the fight for Human Rights. This film was produced for UNAIDS to the ten year commemoration seminar at UNAIDS in Geneva, November 24, 2008 to commemorate dr. Manns death in 1998. A number of world leading AIDS experts comments on the legacy of dr. Mann in this ten minute film.

The story of anti- retroviral treatment

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.

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