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Reframing AIDS

Reframing AIDS

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Through a series of interviews with leading British AIDS activists and cultural theorists, this documentary investigates the way in which AIDS has been used by the media and by the government to increase state harassment of gay men and lesbians, black people and women. Framing the problem in terms of a left politic, the tape reveals how both homophobia and puritanism have been responsible for the slow government response to AIDS.

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

35 mins

Rating

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Release Date

01 January 1987

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Simon Watney

Simon Watney

Himself

Isaac Julien

Isaac Julien

Himself

Stuart Marshall

Stuart Marshall

Himself

Sue O’Sullivan

Sue O’Sullivan

Herself

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