The problem is particularly acute in the black community, George says, where HIV infection rates in some neighborhoods "can be as high as 6 percent of the population." Refocusing viewers on the ...

First it was referred to as a "mysterious illness." Later it was called "gay cancer," "gay plague" and "GRID," an acronym for gay-related immune deficiency. Most egregiously, some called it "4H ...

These film clips tell the story of the human experience of living with HIV/AIDS. People with HIV/AIDS, their husbands and wives, their families, their doctors and health workers talk about how ...

SEEN, BUT NOT HEARD is a short documentary that will explore the historical antecedents, current trends, and emerging activism concerning HIV/AIDS and women of African descent. Through raw and ...

GLAAD’s 2025 Where We Are on TV report found that only one character — Argentine sensation Cris Miró from the self-titled series Cris Miró (She / Her / Hers) — depicted a person living with HIV across ...

While one could point to different functions of AIDS films (i.e. educative), one could also say collectively they combatted the idea of AIDS as a disease of the "other" whether that other was an ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Scott Malia, College of the Holy Cross (THE CONVERSATION) First it was referred to as ...