Killing Patient Zero (2019)
Overview
After the Stonewall riots and at the height of the gay liberation movement in America, an entire generation were busy celebrating their newfound emancipation, unaware of an impending epidemic. A disease that seemed determined to wipe out an entire generation of gay men, was largely ignored by politicians and the mainstream media. Gaetan Dugas was a French-Canadian flight attendant, who offered to help early scientific research into the origins of AIDS. An unfortunate series of events followed and he would be vilified as Patient Zero, the man who gave us AIDS.
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| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 0.896 |
Directed By
Laurie Lynd
Crew
Trevor Birney
Trevor Ambrose
Laurie Lynd
Laurie Lynd
Corey Russell
Paul Steinberg
Bob McCown
Allan Weinrib
TOP CAST
Gaétan Dugas
Himself (archive footage)
Fran Lebowitz
Herself
Ronald Reagan
Himself (archive footage)
Randy Shilts
Himself (archive footage)
Richard Berkowitz
Himself
Brian Freeman
Himself
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