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Explaining the film concept to the Portland Mercury, Bangs said: 'I've seen enough horrible documentaries that objectify people or assign them victimhood status. Bangs then made three journeys to Africa in 2009 to make the film, determined 'to let the people speak for themselves, rather than have a lot of earnest Western talking heads'. Įxecutive producer Jonze asked Bangs to direct the documentary, as Jonze was still busy completing Where the Wild Things Are. Antiretroviral drugs, when taken regularly, are able to restore vitality to HIV-positive people, enabling them to lead normal lives.

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This, along with the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, provides the majority of funding for AIDS programmes in Africa, including the provision of free antiretroviral drugs to some three million people. Red's member companies use 50 per cent of their profits from Red licensing products to contribute to The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

The organizer suggested they film a documentary in AIDS clinics in Zambia, where one out of seven people is HIV-positive, and one person's daily dose of antiretroviral drugs costs about 40 cents according to Red – a cost which many patients are unable to afford. Background īangs and Jonze made the film after they were contacted by an organizer from AIDS awareness group Red. Interviewees describe their illness and recovery they also speak about the difficulties involved in persuading people to have themselves tested for HIV, given the severe social stigma that results from a positive test result, and in getting word about the available treatment out to remote rural areas, as well as the logistical problems of providing care to patients who may have to walk for four days and three nights to reach a clinic. They include Constance Mudenda, a mother whose children all died of AIDS, and who now works as a peer education supervisor at an AIDS clinic Paul Nsangu, a young husband and father Bwalya, an 11-year-old girl who at the beginning of the film looks like a child half her age, because of her disease and Concillia Muhau, a young mother who recovered from the brink of death, and now also works as a peer counselor. HIV-positive patients and medical staff recount their experiences and the impact medication has made on their lives in their own words. Made in Zambia, the 30-minute film tracks several people who were seriously ill but return to a healthier condition in a relatively short period of time after starting free antiretroviral drug therapy.

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