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A category for films (theatrical and television) in which AIDS or HIV is a significant plot element or which include one or more characters with AIDS or HIV. Subcategories This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total.
Pages in category "HIV/AIDS in American films" The following 132 pages are in this category, out of 132 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
Buddies is a 1985 American drama film.It is the first film to deal with the AIDS pandemic, preceding the television film An Early Frost (also released in 1985). Directed by Arthur J. Bressan Jr., who died of complications from AIDS two years after the film was released, the film follows a New York City gay man in a monogamous relationship becoming a "buddy" or a volunteer friend to another gay ...
It is notable for being one of the first mainstream Hollywood films to explicitly address HIV/AIDS and homophobia. To Touch the Soul (2007) – a documentary film about Californian students who use visual arts to help Cambodian children affected by HIV/AIDS express their wishes and desires. [24]
The tombstone, revolver and grim reaper imagery of the 1980s and early 1990s have cast a long shadow. AIDS: homophobic and moralistic images of 1980s still haunt our view of HIV – that must ...
The film was one of the first motion pictures to deal frankly and realistically with the subject of AIDS and the impact of the relatively new disease on the gay community in the Ronald Reagan era and at the height of the pandemic. It is considered by film critics an important film in the history of gay cinema. The story revolves around a gay ...
It was considered a breakthrough in HIV and AIDS research and continues to be used as a treatment for HIV and AIDS. The documentary included interviews with HIV activists, physicians and members of underground organizations as well as clips of the protests, meetings and news coverage taking place during the 1980s and 1990s.
The movie, premiering this ... In "Los Frikis," set in early 1990s Cuba, hundreds of young, disenfranchised Cubans inject themselves with HIV during the early years of the AIDS epidemic, hoping to ...