Wembley Stadion, 1985. Queen-forsangeren Freddie Mercury træder ud på scenen foran tusindvis af fans til Live Aid. Bandet er på sit højeste. Det har været en kometagtig rejse, fra han møder et band, der mangler en forsanger til den ikoniske koncert: Op- og nedture, stoffer, sex, alkohol, aids. Musikken er revolutionerende og Freddie bryder alle konventioner.
Den succesrige, homoseksuelle advokat Andrew Beckett bliver fyret af et prestigefyldt advokatfirma på trods af, at han netop er blevet forfremmet. Cheferne begrunder fyringen med, at han er inkompetent. Imidlertid er han sikker på, at den virkelige årsag er, at de har opdaget, at han har aids, og han sagsøger derfor firmaet for diskrimination.
Du har tredive dage tilbage at leve i! Det er den besked rodeocowboyen og stofmisbrugeren Ron Woodroof får, da han får konstateret AIDS i 1986.
De taler om sex. De dyrker sex. De hænger ud på gaden. De hænger ud hos hinanden. De tager coke. De tager crack. De smadrer en neger. De tager til fest. De dyrker mere sex. De falder i søvn i badekarret. De vågner op og starter forfra. Bare endnu et døgn for en helt særlig gruppe amerikanske teenagere, der vil få dig til at gispe efter vejret.
Erik og Dexter er naboer i en lille by i Minnesota. Da Dexter er syg med AIDS, vil Eriks mor ikke have, at de to drenge har noget med hinanden at gøre, men Eric trodser forbuddet. Da drengene en dag læser i avisen om en læge i New Orleans, der hævder at have fundet en kur mod sygdommen, begiver de sig ud på en lang op oplevelsesrig tur sammen.
I 80'ernes New York kæmper en række forskellige mennesker for at skabe opmærksomhed omkring den nye sygdom AIDS og gør hver sit for at bekæmpe den.
Filmatiseringen af den Pulitzer-belønnede rock musical om en gruppe unge bohemer i New York, deres venskaber, drømme og kampe for at udtrykke sig gennem deres talent. I New Yorks East Village kæmper vennerne for succes og anerkendelse, men i kulissen hærger fattigdom. Jonathan Larsons "Rent" bygger på Puccinis klassiske opera "La Boheme" og er en af de længst spillende forestillinger på Broadway.
Amerikansk drama byggende på autentiske personer og begivenheder omkring fundet af AIDS-viruset. Vi befinder os i USA i 1981. Reagan-regeringen kan ikke finde hverken energi eller penge til at beskæftige sig med det nye virus. Den unge forsker Don Francis (Matthew Modine) kæmper ikke kun for at finde virusets gåde, men er også oppe imod fordomme, egoisme og prestige. En lang række ellers højt betalte amerikanske skuespiller fremstiller, for små honorarer, virkelighedens aktører.
Jonathan Larsons Pulitzer-belønnede, revolutionerende rockopera fortæller historien om en gruppe unge bohemer i New York, som kæmper en brav kamp for at udtrykke sig gennem deres talent og realisere deres drømme og håb. En kamp, der er alt andet end let, da de alle er bosiddende i det barske East Village, hvor fattigdom lurer i kulissen.
Family is the most important thing, and the children of Władysław and Maria Lubicz from Warsaw can always count on each other, no matter what surprises life offers.
A chronicle of five friends during a decade in which everything changed, including the rise of AIDS.
Angels in America is a 2003 American HBO miniseries directed by Mike Nichols and based on the Pulitzer Prize–winning 1991 play of the same name by Tony Kushner. Set in 1985, the film revolves around six New Yorkers whose lives intersect. At its core, it is the fantastical story of Prior Walter, a gay man living with AIDS who is visited by an angel. The film explores a wide variety of themes, including Reagan era politics, the spreading AIDS epidemic, and a rapidly changing social and political climate.
Describes everyday life in a Lyon LGBT centre, examining the initial political, emotional and sexual life of a man who recently came out as gay.
The main character is the star of a popular TV series about doctors, actor Yegor Rumyantsev. Having achieved great success, he becomes an egoist and does not notice the feelings and experiences of those around him: he does not come to the shooting, leads a promiscuous sex life and deceives people. One day, Egor finds out that he has HIV. Rumyantsev's brother Lev is a mediocre and unlucky actor who runs a program about useful handicrafts on the cable channel "Ant-TV". Leo has a pregnant wife with two young daughters. He has no prospects for making money and moving up the career ladder until he gets a chance to replace his brother Yegor in the series.
We have been colonised by the machines we have built. Although we don't realise it, the way we see everything in the world today is through the eyes of the computers.
The story of Shafay, a HIV-positive man who doesn't know how he contracted the virus.
Soon after moving to New York City to pursue his dream of becoming an actor, 22-year-old Andy is diagnosed with HIV. Now, Andy and his three best friends must come to terms with his life-changing news while struggling to survive life in the city.
After suffering a plane crash, Leo receives a blood transfusion and, some time later, discovers that he ended up contracting the AIDS virus. Desperate, he does his best to find out the identity of the bearer of the blood he received, and suffers from the prejudice of friends and people close to him.
A poignant look into Britain's 40-year struggle with HIV/AIDS, told through the stories of some of the earliest HIV patients, healthcare workers and activitsts.
Roma is Russian-Armenian. He is studying to be a lawyer but does not want to be a lawyer, he tells his parents that he goes to college, but he works in a pizzeria, he tells a friend that he likes Natasha, but this is not true. Once he meets Lesha, and everything in life takes on meaning: study, friendship, relationships with relatives and friends. Everything in life becomes important with love.
Stephen Fry investigates the world of HIV and AIDS today.
The filmmaker in conversation with Sir Jeremy Isaacs.
