Fire in the Blood
A provocative wakeup call that presents vital evidence in the ongoing global healthcare debate.
Fire in the Blood
An intricate tale of “medicine, monopoly and malice”, FIRE IN THE BLOOD tells the story of how Western pharmaceutical companies and governments aggressively blocked access to affordable AIDS drugs for the countries of Africa and the global south in the years after 1996 - causing ten million or more unnecessary deaths. It is also the inspiring story of the improbable group of people who decided to fight back.
Shot on four continents and including contributions from global figures such as President Bill Clinton, Bishop Desmond Tutu and economist Joseph Stiglitz, FIRE IN THE BLOOD is the never-before-told true story of the remarkable coalition which came together to stop 'the Crime of the Century' and save millions of lives.
As the film makes clear, this story is by no means over. With dramatic past victories having given way to serious setbacks engineered far from public view, the real fight for access to life-saving medicine is really just beginning.
" CRITIC’S CHOICE. A shocking documentary about how big Western pharmaceutical companies blocked access to low-cost anti-AIDS drugs, causing a holocaust of 10 million deaths.”
Kate Muir, THE TIMES
“Brilliant... a real-life David and Goliath story... an amazing documentary.”
Zoe Ball, BBC RADIO
Shot on four continents and including contributions from global figures such as President Bill Clinton, Bishop Desmond Tutu and economist Joseph Stiglitz, FIRE IN THE BLOOD is the never-before-told true story of the remarkable coalition which came together to stop 'the Crime of the Century' and save millions of lives.
As the film makes clear, this story is by no means over. With dramatic past victories having given way to serious setbacks engineered far from public view, the real fight for access to life-saving medicine is really just beginning.
" CRITIC’S CHOICE. A shocking documentary about how big Western pharmaceutical companies blocked access to low-cost anti-AIDS drugs, causing a holocaust of 10 million deaths.”
Kate Muir, THE TIMES
“Brilliant... a real-life David and Goliath story... an amazing documentary.”
Zoe Ball, BBC RADIO
Genre
Documentary
Web Site
Runtime
87
Language
English,
Hindi,
Manipuri,
Xhosa
Director
Dylan Mohan Gray
Cast
William Hurt (narrator)
Awards:
Nominee, Grand Jury Prize ~ World Cinema: Documentary, Sundance Film Festival
FEATURED REVIEW
Guy Lodge, Variety
While “How to Survive a Plague” and “We Were Here” have commendably essayed the U.S. end of the AIDS crisis, the devastation the disease has wrought in the developing world is a topic that has long merited a documentary of equivalent substance. Enter “Fire in the Blood,” a basically constructed but ...
Played at
Lumiere Music Hall 9.13.13 - 9.19.13
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