Visual History of HIV/AIDS

Name: Visual History of HIV/AIDS
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

The Face of AIDS film archive at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, consists of more than 700 hours of unedited and edited footage, shot over a period of more than thirty years and all over the world by filmmaker and journalist Staffan Hildebrand. The material documents the HIV/AIDS pandemic and includes scenes from conferences and rallies, and interviews with activists, physicians, people with the infection, and researchers. It represents a global historical development from the early years of the AIDS crisis to a situation in which it is possible to live a normal life with the HIV virus. This volume brings together a range of academic perspectives \u2013 from media and film studies, medical history, gender studies, history, and cultural studies \u2013 to bear on the archive, shedding light on memories, discourses, trauma, and activism.