FRONTLINE: "The Age of AIDS" Part 2 On Now!

[Up2Late]

Sorry, this is a little late. I missed most of part 2 also, but for some of you, it might not have started in you area yet.

I'm very luck, one of my 2 PBS stations is showing it again at 11pm.

<http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/aids/>

[joemurphy]

1. It is one of the most informative and moving pieces of

television I have ever seen.

[911wasahoax]

3. The Face of AIDS

I missed part II, but watched part I....IMO this is the most
informative piece of information on AIDS that has been shown
thus far.

As a former activist in NYC, I will have the pleasure of
Meeting David Ho when he attends a fundraiser where he will
receive recognition and an award. I can't wait!!!
 

[joemurphy]

5. There are many blameworthy and many heroes in this.

David Ho is a hero. Bono is a hero. And so many AIDS workers - unsung heroes.

[newyawker99]

Hi 911wasahoax!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[newyawker99]

13. Hi 911wasahoax!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Arkansas Granny]

6. Yes. All of that and more. Anyone who could watch the final scene,

where the little girl asks the doctor why she is positive, and not feel their heart break, must not possess a heart at all.

[Up2Late]

15. That was so sad...

...you could almost see her innocence draining out of her face as the Doctor tried to explain to her what "being positive" meant. :hug:

[JackBeck]

16. I was in tears after the first night, but the final scene was absolutely

heartbreaking. I'm an HIV/AIDS Health Literacy educator. We focus on adult health literacy, but the way the information was presented to this beautiful child was astounding. Such compassion.

[msongs]

2. saw part 1 last night - lotta people hoped all the gays would die

and that view might have been shared by ronnie raygun for all he cared. kinda sad considering he musta had plenty of gay friends or at least associates in the film industry.

then of course there was that pesky problem that so many heterosexuals had it in africa, which shot the tires off the gay disease mantra.

couldnt accuse all those married people of having no family values.


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[Up2Late]

9. The Website says that the on-line version will be available Friday...

...at about 5:00pm EDT. I wish I knew of live on-line streaming site, but I don't.

I'm just glad I have PBA Channel 30 here in Atlanta. I'm watching the re-play showing now.

[Arkansas Granny]

4. Without a doubt, Frontline produces the best documentaries I

have ever seen, and this one was no different. It has been very factual, very forthright and has covered aspects of this epedemic that I had never imagined. I would recommend this to everyone.

[Warpy]

7. I was so furious at Ronniepoo Reagan last night

it took me a couple of hours to wind down. I was in Boston in the mid 80s, taking care of dying patients. I just wonder how many would be alive today if that man hadn't been in office.

I expect to have an equivalent anger at that fool Mbeki.

[joemurphy]

8. Nancy Reagan's campaign for stem-cell research is

highly ironic given the Reagan Administration's inaction in the early days of the AIDS epidemic.

Thirty Million people worldwide have died of age. Seventy Million more are infected now. Each one is an individual tragedy. So much could have been done and wasn't. So much more could be done even now.

[Up2Late]

10. One thing I thought of last night, I wonder if one of the main reasons...

...that American Television and Films have gotten so bad in the last few years, is because so many of America's creative people died of AIDS in the 80's and 90's?

I really makes you wonder.

[postulater]

11. You mean AIDS has a preference for creative people?

Or that people resistant to AIDS are non-creative?

I don't get your argument.

[Up2Late]

12. I mean we lost a HELL of a lot of people in the Entertainment Industry

...in the 1980's and 1990's.

The Academy Awards every year shows the names and ages of the people who died the previous year, and until about 1999, they always showed far too many of the younger generation were dieing, leaving a void now among the very best entertainment people.

It was just a thought, I don't know if it's true.

Maybe it will get better in the next few years. It's like after WW2, when lots of the 1920's-1930's generation were removed from the work force, because so many died in the war.

[Tesha]

14. You can see a replay of this philosophy...

> I just wonder how many would be alive today if
> that man hadn't been in office.

You can see a replay of this philosophy in the current
debate about the HPV vaccine. Once again, America is
setting up to allow thousands to die who might otherwise
have lived.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cervical_cancer

Republicans are like a broken record.

Tesha