Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb8.1/10
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Peter ChappellDirector
- Catherine Peix EyrolleDirector
- Stéphane HorelWriter
- Peter ChappellWriter
Cast
- Tom CurtisSelf - Rolling Stone journalist
- Cecil FoxSelf - (as Dr. Cecil Fox)
- Simon Wain-HobsonSelf - (as Dr. Simon Wain-Hobson)
- John MartinSelf - former FDA scientist
- Edward HooperSelf - Author
- Joseph VandepitteSelf - (as Dr. Joseph Vandepitte)