Film Archive
AIDS Outreach among male prostitutes in Sydney 1988
Length: 05:34
HIV-prevention started early in Australia, and one of the most well known projects was The Albion Street Clinic in Sydney. This segment was filmed with dr. Julian Gold one of the founders of the project, a night in March 1988 when visiting prostitute teenage boys in “the Wall”. The film also shows the activities of the Australian Prostitutes Collective (APC), focusing on female sex workers in Sydney.
Australian prostitutes collective 1988
Length: 05:49
This film, shot in Sydney in April 1988, shows how Judy, an AIDS-activist from the Australian Prostitutes Collective visit a legal brothel in Sydney. She is educating the female sex workers and informing them about safe sex, condoms and how to protect themselves. A young prostitute, Chrissie, is also interviewed.
Interview with Justice Michael Kirby
Length: 02:08
The Australian based Justice Michael Kirby, has since mid 80´s been one of the strongest international advocates to connect the fight against HIV/AIDS to human rights. This interview was made in Sydney at his office in april 1988 and is an excerpt of a longer interview made by Staffan Hildebrand.
Lyle Taylor, living and dying with AIDS, Sydney 1988
Length: 07:54
The writer Lyle Taylor was among the first persons openly living with HIV/AIDS in Australia. He was involved in the fight against stigma and discrimination. He gave this interview to Staffan Hildebrand, for the Face of AIDS in March 1988, just ten hours before he died of AIDS. His physician dr. Charles Dwyer from St Vincent Hospital in Sydney, where Taylor was treated, is also interviewed.
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