And the Band Played On

Philadelphia No one would take his case until one man was willing to take on the system. Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for aids discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful advers...	Longtime Companion The late director Norman Rene and writer Craig Lucas made a pretty fine creative team on the stage and in the movies, and this 1990 drama about the evolving impact of AIDS on gay New Yorkers is their best cinematic achievement. The ensemble story follows the lives of nine or so c...	And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic, 20th-Anniversary Edition In the first major book on AIDS, San Francisco Chronicle reporter Randy Shilts examines the making of an epidemic. Shilts researched and reported the book exhaustively, chronicling almost day-by-day the first five years of AIDS. His work is critical of the medical and scientif...	Angels in America Tony Kushner's prize-winning play Angels in America became the defining theatrical event of the 1990s, an astonishing mix of philosophy, politics, and vibrant gay soap opera that summed up the Reagan era for an entire generation of theater-goers. Post-9/11 would seem to be to...	Miss Evers' Boys This shocking true story exposes a 40 year government medical research effort on humans which led to tragic consequences. A federally funded program to treat syphilis patients has its funds withdrawn. Now money is offered on what will become known as the tuskegee experiment on un...
Outbreak When Warner Brothers was unable to secure the rights to Richard Preston's terrifying nonfiction book The Hot Zone (purchased by a rival studio), they took the basic idea of a fatal virus on the loose in the U.S., added Dustin Hoffman and director Wolfgang Petersen (Das Boot), and...	Sicko (Special Edition) Studio: Genius Products Inc Release Date: 05/20/2008 Rating: Pg13	Torch Song Trilogy Harvey Fierstein had a smash hit on Broadway with the stage version of this story about a drag queen, but whatever the magic there was doesn't show up in this film adaptation. (Fierstein allegedly couldn't line up an A-list or even B-list director in 1988 to tackle the gay story ...	Something the Lord Made Something the Lord Made recounts the relationship between Dr. Alfred Blalock (Alan Rickman) and Vivian Thomas (Mos Def). It begins in 1930s Nashville when imperious cardiac surgeon Blalock hires Thomas, an African American carpenter, as his janitor. When the latter reveals a pass...	Wit Deservedly hailed as one of the best films of 2001, Wit makes it clear why top-ranking talents seek refuge in the quality programming of HBO. Unhindered by box-office pressures, director Mike Nichols and Emma Thompson turn the most unglamorous topic--the physical and psychologica...

Still Resonates
This was one of the early films about AIDS and it remains a quietly powerful work. We too soon forget the politics and egos that needlessly allowed this disease to spread. Kudos to the cast and crew for a making an excellent screenplay come to life.

And the band plays on.
A great movie about the start of the AIDS/HIV epidemic, the scandal involving the Red Cross, and the unethical conduct of scientists involved in identifying the virus

And the Band Played On
This movie was used as an assignment in an epidemiology class in nursing school. It was an excellent representation of the epidemiologic investigation process. It would be an excellent resource for basing a paper on for school or for using as a teaching tool in lecture.

And the band played on
I had to review this movie for on of my graduate classes. I had seen it in the past, but did not remember all of the details. I really enjoyed seeing it for the second time.

fabulous
This was informative and entertaining...one of my favourite DVD's...well worth purchasing..a comprehensive look at the beginning of one of our world's greatest problems.. Heather Thompson