The read
Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do.
9 audience votes
Key crew
- Laurie LyndWriter
- Laurie LyndDirector
Cast
- Gaétan DugasSelf (archive footage)
- Fran LebowitzSelf
- Ronald ReaganSelf (archive footage)
- Randy ShiltsSelf (archive footage)
- Richard BerkowitzSelf
- Brian FreemanSelf
Stills
Themes
aidslgbt1980shiv/aids epidemic