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 Pills
Profits Protest:
Chronicle of the Global Aids Movement
A film by Anne-christine d'Adesky,
Shanti Avirgan and Ann T. Rossetti
60 minutes, Color, USA, 2005, Video
Subtitled
Languages: English, French, Portugese, Spanish
For Public Screenings. Please send your inquiry to info@outcast-films.com.
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PILLS
PROFITS PROTEST: CHRONICLE OF THE GLOBAL AIDS MOVEMENT is
an up-to-the minute documentary about AIDS treatment activism. It
examines the national and international grass roots response to
an epidemic that has already overshadowed the Black Death in terms
of human lives lost. The demand for access to affordable treatment
for 40 million people living with HIV, most of whom live in poor
countries, represents one of the most successful political movements
of contemporary history.
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From slums
in India and Brazil to the halls of power at the United Nations,
PILLS, PROFITS, PROTEST offers a window into the passionate
and courageous actions of committed AIDS treatment activists
around the world. It is also a powerful teaching tool that
I use in my classes - both to illustrate what has been accomplished,
and to help my students visualize the faces and work of those
on the front lines of this important struggle.
Patricia Siplon, Associate Professor,
SAINT MICHAEL'S COLLEGE
The world's largest drug manufacturers and
the world's most powerful governments have conspired for decades
to deploy a pharmaceutical embargo that halts delivery of
life saving medicines to people living with AIDS. HIV positive
activists and their international allies have mounted a courageous
and strategic counter-attack at the local, national, and international
level forcing concessions from companies, governments, and
international institutions. Championing the human right to
essential medicines, PILLS, PROFITS, PROTEST chronicles this
global activist campaign that has partially dismantled international
intellectual property rules that prioritize profits over lives
- it is an inspirational account of solidarity and resistance.
Brook K. Baker, Professor,
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
PILLS, PROFITS, PROTEST is one of the best
films about AIDS I've ever seen. It's a moving portrait of
the global struggle to expand treatment access for millions
of poor people with HIV/AIDS, and underscores the critical
role that grassroots activists are playing in forcing "Big
Pharma" and other powerful interests to adopt responsible
AIDS policies.
Dr. Paul Zeitz, Executive Director,
GLOBAL AIDS ALLIANCE
PILLS, PROFITS, PROTEST has become a critical
tool in our advocacy trainings at African Services. Not only
does it clearly and comprehensively explain the issues and
challenges of the global AIDS movement, but the creators'
fine filmmaking leaves you charged, energized, ready, and
willing to join the fight!
Amanda Lugg,
AFRICAN SERVICES COMMITTEE.
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This documentary examines critical junctures in the battle
for access to HIV treatment as the poorest and most marginalized individuals
confront larger powers, including governments, corporate bodies and
a multinational drug industry that is motivated by profit. The fight
for AIDS drugs is taking place in tandem with a growing anti-globalization
movement; the latter provides a backdrop for examining AIDS through
a lens of poverty, socioeconomic injustice and human rights.
At the heart of this documentary is a thorny question: Can the
world afford universal HIV treatment? At what cost? What will be
the global cost if we fail to treat and save 40 million people now?
Pills, Profits and Protest are the three thematic touchstones of
our film, each reflecting an important aspect of the current battle.
Behind this movement are people, personalities and lives. Our film
weaves their personal stories with a larger chronicle of history-in-the-making.
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