The Origins of AIDS

While AIDS may be one of the most feared diseases of modern times, there is still a degree of scientific debate over the subject of just how the disease originated, and how the first cases spread. Two filmmakers explore a controversial theory about the beginnings of the disease. Using interviews, newsreel footage, and documented research experiments, The Origin of AIDS examines how a combination of benevolence, careless lab procedures, and the need of a desperate few to cover their tracks could have led to one of the most serious pandemics of the 20th century.

Release Date

May 2, 2004

Runtime

1h 32m

Director

Peter Chappell, Catherine Peix Eyrolle

Original Title

Les Origines du SIDA

Country

Canada, Belgium, France, Spain, United Kingdom