5B

"When people were consumed by fear, a few heroes showed the world the power of human touch"

At the heart of the HIV/AIDS crisis and widespread hysteria, a single number and letter designated a ward on the fifth floor of San Francisco General Hospital, the first in the country designed specifically to deal with AIDS patients. The unit's nurses' emphasis on humanity and consideration of holistic well-being was a small miracle amidst a devastating crisis and the ensuing panic about risk and infection.

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Darwin's Nightmare

Darwin's Nightmare

2005

Memory Books

Memory Books

2008

Bill T. Jones: Still/Here

Bill T. Jones: Still/Here

1997

Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End

Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End

1997

Killing Patient Zero

Killing Patient Zero

2019

Which Is Scary

1991

Positively Naked

Positively Naked

2005

Pfui, Rosa!

2002

High Energy: Disco on Amphetamines

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2019

La ciencia del pánico

2011

Paris Is Burning

Paris Is Burning

1991

Sylvester: Mighty Real

2002

I Hugged the Berlin Patient

I Hugged the Berlin Patient

2013

Keeping the Promise: AHF 30 Years Documentary

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2018

Elton John: A Singular Man

Elton John: A Singular Man

2016

What is AIDS?

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1988

DiAna's Hair Ego: AIDS Info Up Front

DiAna's Hair Ego: AIDS Info Up Front

1990

No Regret

No Regret

1993

Sex Positive

Sex Positive

2009

Artistes en zones troublés

Artistes en zones troublés

2023