Cambodia 2007 - Successful prevention

Length: 02:45

Cambodia is among the countries, wich have succeded to bring down the prevalence of HIV, thanks to a strong political commitment from the top leadership and the civil society. In this film the Korsang project, targeting young intravenous drug users is highlighted along with some projects supported by KHANA, the national Cambodian AIDS alliance. The KHANA director Mr Oum Sopheap is interviewed.

Excerpts from an interview with Frika Chia Iskandar

Length: 01:41

Frika Chia Iskandar, 26, is one of the most well known female AIDS activists internationally. Frika is born in and grew up in Jakarta,Indonesia. She got infected when she was 17 years old and at that time she was a drug user and shared needles with her friends. She changed her life when she came to a drug rehabilitation linic and is now working for the Asia Pacific Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS. She is one of four young women living with HIV/AIDS, portrayed in the new Face of AIDS film production, "Women at the Frontline", made for the AIDS 2008 International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, August 2-8.

Excerpts from an interview with Ricardo Barush

Length: 03:19

Ricardo Barush, from Mexico City is one of the young AIDS activists from different parts of the world, who has been deeply involved in the development and growth of the Global Youth Alliance against IV/AIDS. This is the largest network of young activists in the world, using internet and new digital media to involve young people in the global fight against HIV/AIDS. This is a short segment from an interview Face of AIDS made with Ricardo in Mexico City during the preparation of the AIDS 2008 international AIDS Conference.

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 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.

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.

Global Youth and Aids

Length: 06:53

Young people are playing an increasingly important role in the global fight against HIV/AIDS. This film highlights young people involved in advocacy from Cape Town, (South Africa), Kingston (Jamaica), Kiev (Ukraine) and New Delhi (India) and Gabarone (Botswana).

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 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.

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.

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.

Young voices. Mexico, Russia and US

Length: 02:20

This film, shot in 2007, highlights young people from the Russian city of Tver, a center of drug trafficing. The film also takes us to Washington DC and the prevention project Metro Teen AIDS. The film starts with a visit to Mexico City where we are meeting Ricardo Baruch from the Global Alliance on HIV/AIDS.