The Battle of Amfar
2013-01-18 | 40 minutes
Plot Summary
When AIDS struck in the early 1980s, a scientist and a movie star did not have to respond - but they did. Dr. Mathilde Krim and Elizabeth Taylor joined forces to create amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research. The fight against HIV has never been the same. The Perfect Host reveals how two powerful and very different women came together, and what their combined efforts achieved. With passion and wit, Taylor wielded celebrity as a weapon against government indifference while Krim's commitment to science ensured support for the most promising research areas. Today, the only man cured of AIDS can thank research championed by Mathilde Krim. Visually dazzling and emotionally compelling, this story offers a surprising perspective on the still ongoing fight against AIDS.
Cast
Recommendations
-
Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen
-
The Hunger Games: The Phenomenon
-
20 First Ladies of Country
-
Hami Nepali Hami Gorkhali
-
The Watermill Princess 2
-
The Telling
-
The Process
-
The Return of the Soldier
-
Stooges in Hong Kong
-
Song of Vengeance
-
The Haunted History of Halloween
-
Naughty Boy
-
Countries
-
O Nesytovi
-
Earthquake in Chile
-
Says Who..!?
-
Spalding Gray's Map of L.A.
-
Hotel Villa Goerne
-
Mad
-
Citizen Weiner
Similar Movies
-
André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema
-
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
-
The Celluloid Closet
-
The Times of Harvey Milk
-
Ailey
-
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
-
George Michael: Freedom Uncut
-
Elton John: A Singular Man
-
Sex Positive
-
But... Seriously
-
Frontline: The Age of AIDS
-
Paris Is Burning
-
Pfui, Rosa!
-
Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End
-
And the Oscar Goes To...
-
Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring
-
Freddie Mercury: The Untold Story
-
Tim Richmond: To the Limit
-
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
-
Paragraph 175