The Origins of AIDS (2004)
While AIDS may be one of the most feared diseases of modern times, there is still a degree of scientific debate over the subject of just how the disease originated, and how the first cases spread. Two filmmakers explore a controversial theory about the beginnings of the disease. Using interviews, newsreel footage, and documented research experiments, The Origin of AIDS examines how a combination of benevolence, careless lab procedures, and the need of a desperate few to cover their tracks could have led to one of the most serious pandemics of the 20th century.
Directors: Peter Chappell, Catherine Peix Eyrolle.
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Tom Curtis as Self - Rolling Stone journalist |
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Cecil Fox as Self - (as Dr. Cecil Fox) |
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Simon Wain-Hobson as Self - (as Dr. Simon Wain-Hobson) |
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John Martin as Self - former FDA scientist |
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Edward Hooper as Self - Author |
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Joseph Vandepitte as Self - (as Dr. Joseph Vandepitte) |
| Directing | Peter Chappell | Director |
| Directing | Catherine Peix Eyrolle | Director |
| Sound | Philip Glass | Music |
| Writing | Stéphane Horel | Writer |
| Writing | Peter Chappell | Writer |