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8,500 people die of AIDS everyday
in spite of the fact that lifesaving medication for the disease
does exist. PILLS PROFITS PROTEST is an up-to-the
minute documentary about global AIDS activism and the demand for
universal access to affordable treatment for the 40 million people,
around the world, living with HIV.
Traveling through Africa, Brazil, India, and the United States,
this documentary connects the dots between communities in need of
HIV medicines, the activists fighting for their cause, and the governments
and multinational drug industries whose greed prevents the accessibility
of such treatments. By closely examining the AIDS epidemic through
a human rights lens, PILLS PROFITS PROTEST presents
the public with a clear look at the facts surrounding the on-going
struggle for the availability of HIV therapy, and serves as an excellent
tool for mobilizing grass-roots activists concerned with public
health and the fight for social justice.
Newly launched Outcast Films is a distribution and production
company dedicated to the fair and equal representation of media
made by and concerning the diverse LGBT community. Outreaching to
thousands of educators, activists, policy makers and breakers, media
arts institutions, and individual viewers, Outcast Films helps to
foster critical discussions around social justice issues, as well
as providing the public with a resource of cutting edge films and
videos created by and impacting the LGBT community.
Other works available through Outcast Films include Jim DeSeve's
TYING THE KNOT, the highly acclaimed documentary
on same-sex marriage, and Karen Everett’s WOMEN IN
LOVE, a sexually charged story about love and friendship.
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