Movie Reflection On Stigma, Society, And Public Health

Nickishia Menardy And the Band Played On The HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Film: Movie Reflection on Stigma, Society, and Public Health And the Band Played On is a film about the first few years of the AIDS epidemic in the United States. The film focuses on epidemiologist Dr. Don Francis’ journey, with the Center for Disease Control, to research and explain a disease that was never seen before. After a sudden outbreak of cases, all with the same symptoms, is seen in the gay communities along western California, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) begins to investigate. This would turn out to be extremely challenging for them. Under a new administration and combating a stigmatized disease, made many people resistant to aiding in eradicating HIV/AIDS at first. Primarily, the film shows how HIV/AIDS was ignored because it was mostly impacting gays, minorities, and people of low socioeconomic status. 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