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It's my life / director, Brian Tilley ; producers, Phillip Brooks and Steven Markovitz ; a Dominant 7, Big World Cinema production for Steps for the Future and ARTE France.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Achmat, Zackie.
- AIDS activists--South Africa.
- AIDS activists.
- Antiviral agents--South Africa.
- Antiviral agents.
- HIV infections--Treatment--Government policy--South Africa.
- HIV infections.
- HIV infections--Treatment.
- Government policy.
- South Africa.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (74 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2017]
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- Zackie Achmat is an AIDS activist who refuses to take anti-retrovirals until they are available in public hospitals and clinics. He leads the court battle against the multi-national drug companies and takes on the South African government for it's confusing policies around HIV/AIDS. As a leader in the campaign for affordable treatment, Zackie's provocative position is not one all his friends and colleagues support.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Giulio Biccari ; editor, Ronelle Loots ; music, Philip Miller.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: Dominant 7, ARTE France, Steps for the Future, Big World Cinema, ©2001; previously released in 2002.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed May 1, 2017).
- Publisher Number:
- if-mlife Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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