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Pandemic : facing AIDS / a Moxie Firecracker production presented by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Home Box Office ; written by Mark Bailey ; producer by Rory Kennedy, Liz Garbus ; directed by Rory Kennedy.
LIBRA DVD 013 032
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- AIDS (Disease).
- AIDS (Disease)--Patients.
- HIV-positive persons.
- Epidemics.
- Genre:
- Television series.
- Documentary television programs.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Facing AIDS
- Place of Publication:
- [New York] : Docurama : Distributed by New Video Group, [2003]
- System Details:
- DVD - NTSC; Dolby Digital stereo; Region 1.
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- Dolby
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- This theatrical version of the HBO series takes us around the globe to reveal stories of people who have been touched by AIDS: James (Uganda), a seven-year-old orphan who is taking care of his little sister Jessica; Sergei and Lena (Russia), young parents whose previous drug use has left them HIV-positive; Nagaraj and Bhanu (India), a young family facing life with AIDS in a small village, Alex (Brazil), a 27-year-old gay man who is trying to rebuild his health and get back to living a full and productive life; and Lek (Thailand), a former sex worker.
- Participant:
- Narrator, Danny Glover.
- Credits:
- Directors of photography, Nick Doob, Tom Hurwitz ; editor, Kate Amend ; original music by Miriam Cutler.
- Notes:
- Theatrical release version (113 min.) of a 5-part HBO series (150 min.)
- Originally released in 2002.
- Special features: exclusive photo gallery; filmmaker biography; filmmaker statement; resource guide.
- ISBN:
- 076705945X
- OCLC:
- 53472867
- Publisher Number:
- 767685957233
- NVG-9572 New Video Group
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