Epidemic: When Britain Fought Aids
- Director: James House
- Producer: Joe Fowler
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The blurb really does build this up to be something very special indeed!
It's not. There are no earth-shattering revelations!
There's nothing new being said that hasn't been said before...if you have been living in a vacuum over the last 30 years...then, yes - this is an informative programme.
If you were born in the last 30 years [and lived in a vacuum]...then, yes - this is a decent introduction to those tragic and tumultuous times.
For many of us, re-living those years...it hurts. It will always hurt.
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The(ir) Blurb...
This landmark film tells the behind-the-scenes uplifting story of how an unlikely coalition of Tory politicians, pioneering doctors and gay men came together to fight a deadly disease with no cure – and how Britain was changed forever by the battle against AIDS in the 1980s. Together they overcame a homophobic press, the ignorance of the medical establishment, and the outright hostility of Margaret Thatcher, in order to create a campaign that would change hearts and minds about AIDS – and gay men. Not only did their effort stem the tide of the AIDS plague – but by making us talk publicly about sex in a new way, they helped to create a more liberal Britain - that has lasted until today.