And the Band Played On

Synopsis:

Gay leader Bill Kraus is dying - and no doctor can name the disease that's killing him. All anyone knows is that some epidemic is attacking homosexual men. But rather than get down to serious experimentation and study, the Center for Disease Control stonewalls any effort to prove that the disease is transmitted through the blood. Dedicated medical researcher, Don Francis, gets involved in the work surrounding the viral disease from the start, but faces fierce resistance. Dr Robert Gallo seeks to take sole credit for discovery of the virus, and thus slows down the process of trying to find a cure.

Casts: Matthew Modine, Alan Alda, Ian McKellen

Duration : 136 minutes