Outcast Films - Pills Profits Protest

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"HIV/AIDS is not an unstoppable plague -- it is a preventable epidemic and people making a profit from suffering, and standing in the way of solutions, can and must be held accountable. PILLS, PROFITS, PROTEST is an invaluable tool in the struggle within and beyond the United States to demand an end to the AIDS pandemic."
-- Julie Davids, Executive Director, CHAMP (Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project, NYC)

"PILLS, PROFITS, PROTEST is an outstanding teaching tool. The film presents some of the major developments in the global struggle to provide AIDS treatment for all those who need it - from Brazil's instrumental decision to provide universal access to AIDS medications for its citizens to the development in India of a generic pharmaceutical industry to cheaply provide pills and pill ingredients to critical decisions among key policy makers to endorse the goal of access to treatment. But it also puts a human face to these decisions, as well as the people they impact, and most crucially, the thousands of committed treatment activists around the globe who have taken to the streets to press for these changes. Using interviews, personal stories and protest footage, Pills, Profits, Protest brings to life a struggle that is relevant and timely to students."
-- Patricia Siplon, Associate Professor, SAINT MICHAEL’S COLLEGE

"Nothing has ever been given to people with AIDS. While the global epidemic cuts a cruel swath of death and destabilization in poor communities worldwide, activists from the north and south reached across the world and launched a revolt against policies the denied access to medicine to the poor. PILLS, PROFITS, PROTEST is a snapshot of the global AIDS movement whose mix of audacity and solidarity has quickly won breathtaking victories."
--Paul Davis, US Advocacy Coordinator, Health GAP (Global Access Project)

"PILLS, PROFITS, PROTEST delivers a visually stunning message about the tragedy which continues to kill millions of people each year. Unfortunately, it will never be shown in mainstream US theaters because most people in the US don't want to know the truth about the lethal impact of our excess wealth, corporate greed, and government policies on the lives of poor people around the world. It’s an "ostrich" kind of thing. Bury your head in the sand and pretend it isn't happening. If truth were Hollywood's goal, instead of money, this film would get an Oscar."
--Richard Stern, Director, Agua Buena Human Rights Association San Jose, Costa Rica

"PILLS, PROFITS, PROTEST is a story about global connections and localized people in places. It's an important tale about the state of the world right now. Grafting together stories about HIV/AIDS treatment at a variety of scales the film also refuses to "buy in" to a pessimistic view of the global AIDS issue. Sobering and infuriating, the film also proves that people living with the virus are powerful agents of social change; it also shows how the crisis can end in our lifetime."
--Glen Elder, Associate Professor, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT

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