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State of Denial
 
Directed By: Elaine Epstein
Produced In: USA, 2004
Running Time: 87 minutes 
Genre: Documentary 
Language: English 
Themes: HIV/AIDS, South Africa, Childrens Rights, Cultural Identity
Distributor: California Newsreel
Synopsis:
"State of Denial" reveals the human experience behind one of the world's greatest tragedies — the AIDS epidemic in South Africa. With five million people infected and nearly two thousand new infections occurring daily, South Africa has the highest number of people living with HIV in the world. The film takes viewers into the lives of six people struggling to survive with HIV in the face of social stigma, a severe lack of access to lifesaving treatments, and their president Thabo Mbeki's controversial denial of the connection between HIV and AIDS. A film of quiet outrage, "State of Denial" weaves the personal with the political in an uplifting portrait of ordinary people struggling to survive.
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