A Time of Change: Confronting AIDS

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Update (11 April 2023)
It is with great sadness, that we announce that one of the documentary’s original creators, and our dear friend, Albert Lavalley passed away this morning. Al was an amazing human being and he will be missed by all who loved him. While his achievements in life, his anecdotes, and the names of the notable personages with whom his many varied paths in life crossed could fill volumes, those who truly got to know him understood that what was impressive about Al was his capacity to love, his compassion, and his kindness towards others. He was loved by many and will be sorely missed.
Original Description (April 2016)
Interviews were done in 1983-1984. It was broadcast on public television in 1986. One of the first of its kind, A Time of Change: Confronting AIDS, is a seminal documentary about the experience of the AIDS crisis. It illustrates how far we have come in understanding HIV/AIDS, and how far we have to go in achieving a generation without the devastation of HIV/AIDS.

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@NickanM 5 лет назад

I was there, and I saw it. I'm a flamboyant heterosexual woman, and my best friend was gay. Not easy for him in a small town. So I was his "girlfriend" from we were 15 to 20 years old. In the 80's it was dangerous to be a gay man in certain places, so we were very much in "love" then. He catched this disease from hell and he passed away in 1994 at age 28. I held his hand when he died. Young people today will never understand. Never. Rest in peace Andy, I know I will see you again, I miss you so much, and I wish that you had seen my two sons grow up. ❤️

@rhodabrands3469 5 лет назад

7.756.935 im sorry for your loss ill say a prayer for you .

@donsang5976 5 лет назад

😥😥😥😥😥😥

@geoniko3031 5 лет назад

Sad so many people died . I am straight but no one deserves thus disease

@maxlegend1374 5 лет назад

I think it's just as scary in a way these days the fear is just numbed by our advancement in technology which has given us prevention medications and self preserving medicine

@frankchambers3042 4 года назад

The part about your sons just made me cry. I'm sorry

@manuelpena6827 3 года назад

Princess Diana would shake hands and hug infected people, and I remember my mom saying "God bless her soul" for being human and compassionate

@booth2710 2 года назад

Yes - she really was The Queen of Hearts'

@dondamon4669 2 года назад

And then look what happened to her

@dollymadison2397 2 года назад

❤️ Princess Diana ❤️One of the biggest blessings God ever dropped on the planet! ❤️

@dollymadison2397 2 года назад

@@dondamon4669 Princess Diana was too good for this world/for us. That's what I have to tell myself to not get furious & bawl-y all over again. Even after all these years- I love her forever. What an amazing mother &. Humanitarian.

@sarahchristopher436 2 года назад

My mother admired Princess Diana as well.

@JBeauregard-no6rh 29 дней назад

My cousin died of AIDS at Beth Israel hospital in NYC, in August of 1992. I never knew him, as he moved to Florida when I was a baby. From what I can tell, he did not have an easy life. His mother had severe mental illness and his father was never in his life. He was raised by my very Catholic grandparents until he was a teen, when he then moved back with his mother. I doubt they were very accepting of him being gay. At some point he moved to NYC. My father and uncle went to visit him when he was near the end, they recalled him standing at the window, watching them leave. I hope he did not die without any loved ones near, however I suspect he did. He was only 27. I don’t have any photos of him and don’t ever remember anyone talking about him when I was growing up. It’s like he never existed. It’s so horrible how so many people have stories similar to his. I hope somewhere there is someone who remembers him with love. RIP Glen Halpin

@TomikaKelly 2 дня назад

By 1992, AIDS had been around for over 10 years and it was fairly clearly understood how the virus was transmitted and which populations were at greatest risk. It's really quote a shame that your Cousin Glen didn't take the proper precautions to safeguard his life.

@Brenko69 Год назад

My uncle died of AIDS in 1994. His parents, my grandfather, never fully accepted that he was gay and when he got sick my grandfather lied to my mother about his diagnosis. My mom, who was a nurse, had cared for hundreds of AIDS patients and figured out quite quickly what the truth was. My grandfather swore her to secrecy, a pact my mom never intended to uphold. When I got a little older, into my teens, my mom told me the truth. She said there was no shame that he was gay and certainly no shame in how he died. My uncle died 2 months after his 30th birthday. He, along with so many others, deserved so much better. RIP Uncle Ken, you're never forgotten.

@jdmmg4904 Год назад

❤

@liberoAquila Год назад

I was too young to remember the 80s but I heard it was big, an automatic death sentence. Therapy became widely available in 1996.

@rthelionheart Год назад

If only he had been straight as he was expected to be... he may well still be around.

@acstair 11 месяцев назад

My condolences to you.

@FMP177 11 месяцев назад

Blame Fauci

@Wolfsky9 4 года назад

As an RN in The City, in 1980, I saw the start of the holocaust . I'm hetero---------my Brother was Gay. ---------I saw it begin & I watched my brother die , holding him as he did. It was on my 40th B-Day, 9/24/1986, at 0515 hrs. -------------My heart, goes to all who suffered this terrible disease, & their sexuality never mattered at all, to me. --------------------------------Wolfsky9, 73 y/o

@thatgirl9759 4 года назад

I'm sorry for your loss. He was lucky to have you. 💗

@ownSystem 3 года назад

RIP handsome fly high with the rainbows. 🌈

@PaoloMeidrano 3 года назад

Sorry for your loss. Thank you for being there for him and holding him while he passed. 💕💙

@soft_serve_666 3 года назад

I'm so very sorry for your loss. Thank you for being there for those that had no one.

@wordscontrolminds 3 года назад

Holocaust isn't an exaggeration, it was a wilful ignorance of Reagan and the Republican party, the bigotry of their evangelical representatives. Seems they have the same attitude today in the midst of Covid.

@lorrieturner4800 6 лет назад

I am a 60 year old heterosexual woman that was only diagnosed HIV+ four years ago. So believe me when I say, this fight is not over, in fact it has only begun. I am now on meds that have rendered my disease undetectable for the last 3 1/2 years, but the stigma of this disease still remains. And because of this stigma, the spread of this disease continues. People must continue to work to educate people and everyone should take precautions and NEVER have unprotected sex!

@thatgirl9759 5 лет назад

Bless your heart Lorrie. I'm so glad that you are doing good! Love you sister!

@thatgirl9759 5 лет назад

Ashu Ku, that is inappropriate and very hurtful.

@ceilesmammy 5 лет назад

Prayers with you 💜💜💜

@jjsjjs93 5 лет назад

It's kind of hard to populate earth if everyone only has protected sex.

@MickeyMorandini1 5 лет назад

you have a lot of years left. stay positive

@charliebarrow7086 2 года назад

Abandoning my children, no matter what, is unthinkable. I love them so deeply, they are the most precious people in my life and not loving them is beyond my imagination.

@krapug11 4 года назад

There is a special place in Heaven for people like Rita Rocket and all those who provided care and compassion for those suffering from AIDS. There is also a special corner of Hell reserved for those parents who abandoned their sons suffering from AIDS.

@neasacoyne2706 4 года назад

Imagine turning your back on your child after he disclosed he had a terminal illness. Just so sad 😢

@shayekisitu 4 года назад

I could never do that to my own child. It would kill me from the inside.

@Shahjahan951 4 года назад

I think ,she mainly hated her son because of his homosexuality.

@neasacoyne2706 4 года назад

Jannah Bint Al Yusuf aka Jannah225 Neither would I , I have two children whom I could never see myself turning my back on them. It was a terrible time, families turning their backs on their children because of their sexual preference and then this awful disease.

@---jv4ke 4 года назад

@Brett R did you come out as gay to him?

@golddustwoman4993 4 года назад

@Brett R that's so sad to hear. I would love my son no matter what. My sweet sweet boy. Brett you deserve love no matter what!

@yellyman5483 4 года назад

R.I.P. to all of these beautiful people...It`s so sad to see this documentary..

@ted1091 3 года назад

It was a hellish 15 years. I worked 18 hour days most of it pro bono. It was a never ending stream of need. I was healthy, thank God, but I never recovered from the trauma, not even 25 years later.

@LostInThisGardenofLife 3 года назад

Thank you, and bless you for all that you did.

@mickeymouse2able 3 года назад

Hero❤

@soft_serve_666 3 года назад

Thank you so much for being there for these scared men. I can't imagine the fear of catching HIV/AIDS in the early days.

@keashiadantzler9801 4 года назад

Rip Phil shippy you had such a wonderful smile so young only 28 I cried even googled you may u sleep in peace

@JoeyNYSDnomad 29 дней назад

Dr .Volberding has always been a steady, rational voice of reason during this tragedy.

@michaellazzeri9439 2 года назад

I was in SF when it hit , beginning in the summer of 1980--------young men began coming to the ED at SF General --------young men with fever, shortness of breath, weight loss & there was no common thread, except that they were Gay. As an RN, I took extra cautions , but truthfully, never feared for my own safety in doing what I was educated to do as a Nurse. Being hetero, I remember, the loose sex of the 70's, was gone. but still, I never feared to care for a patient with AIDS--------Not ever. -----------MJL< 74 y/o

@pooddescrewch8718 2 года назад

Sexual Liberation did not understand the adaptibility of the viruses that are sexually transmitted . Evolution beats antibiotics eventually . At this time people were sure that whatever they might catch could be cured with pennicillin .

@US_ARMY_25_INF._DIV. Год назад

it is crazy that gay men kept getting sick even if they knew the dangers...the male sex drive is the most powerful and destructive force in the universe....my brother is gay and had been with about 1500 sexual partners....he has hiv now...as with a lot of gay men after he had zero conversion he did not test or get treatment and almost died from full blown aids....i love him but in many ways he is just pathetic...

@gingermiller436 2 года назад

It is inconceivable to me that any mother or father could turn their back on their children.

@BabsLongfellow 3 года назад

I grew up and lived in the Bay Area when this was filmed. I was 21 then. My brother's companion of 14 years (couldn't get married back then) died of AIDS in 1995 after a six year battle. My brother was also diagnosed and I'm happy to report he is still here, 2021. I am beyond grateful for the progress that has been made . . . you can now "live with AIDS" . . . back then it was an absolute death sentence. SO many beautiful lives lost.

@co9971 2 года назад

did your brothers have a lot of friends dying? im 36 and seems like all the guys i talk to in their mid 50's to 70 had friends that were dying left and right. its an unbelievable thing to go through.

@BabsLongfellow 2 года назад

@@co9971 yes, he lived in the heart of San Francisco and as he said to me during the worst of the AIDS crisis “everyone is dying“. It was a horrible time.

@beanj580 2 года назад

You cannot live life with AIDS, but you can manage HIV today

@BabsLongfellow 2 года назад

@@beanj580 AIDS varies from person to person. Some people die soon after getting infected while others live relatively normal lives for many years, even after being officially diagnosed with AIDS.

@JJ-iq8mi 2 года назад

You can live with HIV, not AIDS

@krazyk3842 Месяц назад

Every time I watch something about aids during the early years it breaks my heart. People were treated so badly. If you could just go back and at least hold their hand. Many people refused to even look at them.❤i wish i just say youre not being punished. This was during a time if you came out gay your parents would kick you out after they beat your ass, and never speak to you again. I can only imagine how they felt going to their parents, and letting them kno they had aids during this time. Gays nowadays have no idea what it is to struggle. These were pioneers.

@Jasmine-ju2yf Месяц назад

I was diagnosed last week with hiv I have not stopped drinking since I have already start taking my medicine I am 26, I have no one to talk too about it really I told my parents and my dad broke down I just have to take a pill every day but I don’t want to die of cancer but sometimes I just want to die hits a sad world after u are diagnosed

@juliekulatunga4188 Месяц назад

@@Jasmine-ju2yf God Bless you. We are all here for you. You are not alone pet xx

@brittneybrisbin744 3 года назад

I'm happy that videos like this exist, and that they've been preserved and posted online. They're important pieces of history. It's so easy to look at black and white photos, or read words on an internet article, and not really fully get the impact this illness had (and still has) on the world. Seeing things like this, where you can see the fears and hopes of these people, listen to their experiences and how their lives differ so much from the stereotypes of the time, really leaves a greater impact. I truly feel so bad for the people whose families didn't want to see them, and I applaud them for keeping smiles and positivity on. I also applaud the activists who were pushing for change, and the families and friends who were kind, loving, and helpful. RIP to all the beautiful souls we lost.

@deependofshallow 5 лет назад

Please upload this on other sites and make sure it always works on youtube. This should be mandatory viewing. We have come so far from this that now there are drugs available to treat AIDS but drugs are not a cure. The people who fell from this disease before a viable treatment deserve our rememberance and we as a people need to be forced to remember that there was a time when this disease was a death sentence. Thank you from the depths of my soul for putting this up. Please make sure it is available always. It is that important.

@pierluigimatteiparis 5 лет назад

Amen !

@lorie1482 4 года назад

Amen and I agree ☝️

@lorie1482 4 года назад

Now we got a new virus 🦠.. When will this end..😞😭

@bernadettelouise5735 2 года назад

so sad these men all died :( may they rest in peace

@amandasinelli139 3 года назад

When Mrs Rodriguez started talking about unconditional love, that touched my heart and got in the feels so much. It made me tear up.

@ShamrockParticle 2 года назад

I've seen a lot of drama shows and movies but nothing comes close to these 100% real documentaries. thank you for posting this

@beritter 2 года назад

the mother to Jess Rodriguez...now that is love, that was beautiful, to see how she embraced his partner as well. made me cry.

@Chris-ln6so 2 года назад

It’s beautiful. Unconditional love as she says and that is exactly how it should be. Heartbreaking to think so many died without that.

@Truename586 10 месяцев назад

🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮

@smittyk6888 6 лет назад

So sad. I grew up in the 80s. We heard of it and looking back we were kind of oblivious to the danger. This documentary helps to shed light on how HIV was unfolding in the early 80's. I had classmates that started dying in less than ten years after graduation. To date I know more than thirty people that have died. Thank god for the new treatment therapies that are available.

@peggyreid9927 3 года назад

OR you might 999⁹

@MrJerryjweis 3 года назад

RIP Dr Joseph Brewer October 2019

@fernandomazzini4718 5 лет назад

i am so impressed by gary walsh, his message and words of introspection. what a loss. i wish i had known him. rip. and all my love.

@BoardroomBuddha 6 лет назад

Thank you very much for posting this video. It was a very scary time I remember. So sad and strange how random it was that some PWAs survived and other perished. Thanks for the reminder of the tens of thousands of souls that were lost. It was also interesting to see how things like alternative medicine, patient's rights, same-sex marriage rights, and even the concept of defining your own family in the face of rejection, were borne out of the AIDS crisis.

@madoak5597 2 месяца назад

44.07 that physician is wonderful. Also great seeing Rita Rocket. God bless them both for their kindness and humanity.

@patr70 5 лет назад

Fantastic Upload. This is one of the better films done on the Aids crisis in the 1980s. It was VERY Inspirational. A True Gem!! ✨✨

@candycoatedcyanide3267 4 года назад

Im so proud of Mrs Rodriguez that’s a real mother loving, compassionate and non judgmental.. need more humans like her ❤️

@wordscontrolminds 3 года назад

Here here! The boundless nurturing and compassion of the female spirit is the only thing that will save the planet.

@skipeastport5529 3 года назад

Mrs. Rodriguez was like my mom. Every parent should be like them. My heart goes out to kids who get rejected by their parents for the stupidest reasons.

@rolltide_rhiannon 2 года назад

The interview with Phil Shippy broke my heart. All those 'Christian' family members and none of them offered a kind word or support. Jesus said take care of the sick not crucify them. It breaks my heart that these people were soo judged and alone.

@FrightNight1980 2 года назад

Those are "good" and "caring" Christians for ya. It's pretty much the same nowadays, nothing has changed - just the topics that get them wound up.

@blondespitfire 2 года назад

@@FrightNight1980 What we now call “Trump supporters.”

@halliganful 2 года назад

Thank you so much for putting this incredibly powerful piece of living history on your channel. Just devastated right now. Such sweet souls. Thank you for keeping their memories alive.

@lionellambert5118 5 лет назад

This kind of documentary is a good thing to remember all these good, beautiful, courageous people gone too soon.

@focusonu9668 4 года назад

Yes, 💗

@kenallan2049 2 года назад

If there was ever an Angel on Earth, it's Rita Rockett, and she is still doing her part to this day !

@walking5760 5 лет назад

Felt so sad to see those struggling for being alive. Also so proud for those who put their lives to give them some dignity. I am devastated. Thanks for sharing.

@rellman85 5 лет назад

Gary Walsh is one of the most beautiful human beings I've ever encountered.

@yellyman5483 5 лет назад

You knew him personally? He seemed to be a very beautiful human being.

@stuartlee6622 4 года назад

So is Hillary Clinton.

@soft_serve_666 3 года назад

I'm so sorry. What a tragedy.

@salahnasser1056 3 года назад

Why is he the most beautiful man? I dont understand.

@joelles.9327 3 года назад

It us you in the documentary?

@effinyu9554 2 года назад

It's so strange watching this knowing the people talking about having it are dead. This was before they even knew what it really was and there was nothing to offer any hope.

@itsnice420 2 года назад

I really wish some of you would stop comparing HIV/AIDS and COVID….They are nowhere near comparable.

@jackwatson3944 2 года назад

Covid kills way more in a much short time.

@anothernumber9753 2 года назад

Both are viruses so both are unable to reproduce without a host. People can limit their exposure to both by making appropriate lifestyle modifications like condom use or mask wearily for HIV or Covid respectively. People have managed to make the vaccines for Covid so quickly because of our improved understanding of the genetic nature of viruses a lot of this reader has has its origins in hiv research sure they’re have different routes of transmission and different pathologies but actually there are some important similarities between them.

@crocodile1313 2 года назад

Dr. Synapsis-- As a physician myself, I completely agree. People can talk all day about both COVID and HIV being viruses, but the similarity ends there. In my career I have never seen an infectious agent as lethal as HIV. Before the modern medicines came out in 1996, HIV was almost 100% fatal....CV-19's mortality rate in the USA is under two percent. With the exception of untreated rabies, there has been NO virus in human history that kills almost everyone it infects like HIV did pre-1996.

@chrissimpson6701 Год назад

@@crocodile1313 I agree with you. AIDS make COVID look like a joke. And it's still killing, and there is no cure.

@blondespitfire Год назад

@@crocodile1313 The difference between COV19 and HIV is the total numbers of infections and deaths. While HIV may be more lethal, it’s not as infectious, and the transmissibility is profoundly lower than with COV19. Since 1981, 675,000 have died in the US from AIDS vs 1.02 million deaths from COV19 in just 2 1/2 years. Thank God for the current vaccines for COV19, because without them we could’ve easily wound up with a billion deaths worldwide.

@abhisek2091 6 лет назад

I am a gay Hindu Bengali ... a Biotechnologist from India 🇮🇳 ... this video caused tears rolled my ears ... my condolences goes to our seniours who suffered ... 😞

@nicolo296 5 лет назад

Another Biotechnologist here! from italy

@SassyUnicorn86 4 года назад

Breaks my heart we lost almost a whole generation of young gay men. :(

@audreyabdo7719 4 года назад

Abhishek Ray , I know how you feel. I cried tears for loved ones and friends and a singer I adored. In India are they still prejudiced against gay people? I know some countries still are and I guess it is here. Stay strong and stay safe. I am proud of you for being you. Take care.

@abhisek2091 4 года назад

Audrey Abdo Well currently am living in Australia with my Australian Husband who I joined last year... well in India I would say there is no institutionalised homophobia.. but accepted of a same sex couple is kinda taboo people don’t talk about it ... marriage laws being extremely confusing (although marriage laws don’t state marriage is an union between man and women )but still people of same sex can’t marry mostly except special circumstances. Workplace discrimination protections were legislated last year but don’t know how much its implemented although there are openly lgbtq people being made head of government institutions but they are rare. people in general have become a bit more accepting but then again they would always want their children to br straight. All these in urban don’t much know about rural areas.

@gracequreshi5952 3 года назад

So sad 😭😭😭 for everyone who died from aids I lost my friend Corey and Claudia to aids she was 30 and Corey was 20 rest in peace 😢 to all the ones who died from aids.

@carlawilliams5-26-27 3 года назад

So young... praying for your peace of mind and heart...

@jaydepalma1071 2 года назад

Such beautiful men and so courageous - rest in peace, gentlemen.

@markgiordonello6710 10 месяцев назад

you know these men are stronger and more courageous in the face of death than anyone I've seen and anybody who says their being punished by god for their lifestyle are the real cowards

@GregShieldsOutdoors 2 года назад

A lot of great men on here that I would have liked to known personally.....Gary in-particular. What a strong person......all of them. Rest in peace brothers....you all now know that death was only the beginning.

@shannonludden8283 6 лет назад

God bless all of these beautiful, brave men. The one that pulls at my heart the most is Phil. He just seems like such a gentle soul, he's not bitter even when he talks about his family and how they blame him for being sick.

@thatgirl9759 5 лет назад

There is a little bit of a back story to him. His family belonged to The Followers Of Christ Church in Idaho. They believe in faith healing only and not doctors. Several children have died from very curable diseases and illness. It's a cult. He was very brave to break away from them. If you google "Shippy children Idaho" several stories come up.

@thisspace7183 5 лет назад

@@thatgirl9759 Thank you for the background. I'd love to learn more about some of the individuals featured here. Gary Walsh is quite well known but what about those like Sean Rendely or Matthew Congelosi?

@thatgirl9759 5 лет назад

@@thisspace7183 --Not to sound like a stalker, but according to Rita Rocket's facebook, it appears that she is all smiles and happy.

@crocodile1313 5 лет назад

@@thatgirl9759 He was a male stripper or porn star from what I understand. His stage name was Beau Matthews I think.

@timmarkell402 5 лет назад

Sean Rendely died in April 1986

@user-gz1ty3qu7f 9 месяцев назад

People really need to learn compassion...

@Shegosushimi 3 месяца назад

SHOW COMPASSION FOR WHO ??? GO TO GOD STOP DEPENDING ON PPL.

@thecajunphoenix Месяц назад

Agreed. Nobody deserves to be infected with HIV and eventually die of AIDS. Ignore the trolls who claim otherwise because they don't know what they're talking about and have nothing to offer except bullying and hate speech.

@katiee4396 3 года назад

My mom went to medical school in the middle of the AIDS epidemic (early 90s) and they had just started the AZT trials and treatments. It's interesting to see how far we have come to treat the disease now.

@catharperfect7036 Год назад

AZT is straight poison. Luckily the science has moved on from that.

@kevinprior3549 4 месяца назад

AZT was almost a pointless drug to so-called help people with AIDS.

@mazesavage3239 3 года назад

These men was filled with love and they was all brave x

@timwarcloud 3 года назад

BAAAHHHAAA 😂 They were filled with something alright...

@kevinprior3549 4 месяца назад

Jim Henry's partner's deterioration was scary. Really scary!

@jondishmonmusicandstuff2753 5 лет назад

For those of us that did not catch the disease in the 80's let me tell you something, it was hell to always be looking over your shoulder. Every time I go a sore throat or a cough. A normal bruise. I wasted so many years being afraid. Just waiting for the other shoe to drop. It was exhausting.

@walking5760 5 лет назад

True. I felt just like that in the 80s. I was also afraid of kissing... Dark times...

@crocodile1313 5 лет назад

@@geoniko3031 Umm, it can be transmitted between man and woman during heterosexual sex. Don't believe me? Ask Magic Johnson about it.

@geoniko3031 5 лет назад

@@crocodile1313 it happens but its rare..extremely rare

@finessejenkins6061 5 лет назад

Geo Niko I was thinking he caught it from a dude too. I mean he was in La

@dawn112170 5 лет назад

@@geoniko3031 It is not rare

@JasonLane-ci5ng 4 месяца назад

I lived through the aids virus I lived through thte. 1980s I was one of the lucky ones ✝️🙏❤️💯⚰️🌈

@madoak5597 2 месяца назад

Glad you're here

@ShannonNfromCT 5 лет назад

The strength and bravery displayed here still resonates 30+ years later.

@Julianakun 5 лет назад

Rita Rockett is the sweetest thing. A complete saint. 💗

@vortexworld4806 2 года назад

I wish these people did not have to go through this

@lyndaburn6428 5 лет назад

Thank you for uploading this. I’m going to make sure my son watches this. We should never forget what these wonderful people had to endure and the discrimination they faced.

@ralex3697 2 года назад

So very sad Beautiful young men, insidious disease

@US_ARMY_25_INF._DIV. Год назад

@wilfordfraser6347 4 года назад

All these guys who should still be with us taken in the prime of life. It's like seeing the faces of a lost generation.

@figgiepooh81 3 года назад

Wow Rita Rockett..what a beautiful human being.

@miker4430 8 месяцев назад

So sad for so many of our fellow human beings

@KimPhilby203 6 лет назад

God bless all those suffering this illness

@jstcarmn2623 6 лет назад

Thank you for sharing. One of the best documentaries I have watched.

@Voytasss 3 года назад

When I realise that all these men probably didn’t survive - 2021… beautiful souls. I wish the medicine had the same pills back then as we do have right now prep pep and tasp

@dariusanderton3760 3 года назад

you know a lot of years have gone by when the past starts to feel like a different country.

@geoffdb9638 3 года назад

When news reports first aired in 1981 I remember being so confident that our government would quickly find a vaccine/cure and we would bid farewell that this terrible disease. Then, the reports began to grow widespread and globally...then we knew that it was much worse. My God...this has hurt our whole country. I am African-American Christian Democrat and I have so much love for gay people. The Bible does not teach us to hate people and we do live in a free democracy. The words are respect, compassion and understanding...the main word is love.

@countrygirlcopenhagen5095 3 года назад

GEOFF - what a beautiful comment. Love and respect from Denmark.

@panfu4944 3 года назад

Take care of yourself. Wise words. Greetings and love from Poland

@michaeltnewyorknights8413 Год назад

You could count on one hand who was writing about this unyet named disease in 1981 so not sure what "news reports" you're referring to

@applejellypucci 5 лет назад

My first time seeing this documentary. Thank you for sharing, Thomas.

@dpb8780 2 года назад

30 years on we are applauding athletes when they come out and make a ton of money off of it while not supporting AIDS research or having any good causes, we have really short memories!

@paulo0e Год назад

I guess that’s just how humanity works. After reading Leonard Mlodinow’s “Subliminal”, I got the certainty the human kind is, at best, doomed

@nigeldallas9054 4 года назад

Thanks for posting this. I will be sharing it with friends. We must continue to educate folks. God rest their sweet souls.

@KrisWolf4 6 лет назад

Riveting, thanks so much!!

@elly1523 6 лет назад

Thank you for sharing this video. I found the personal testimonies very moving and thought provoking. It has opened my heart to a greater depths of compassion as I became involved with each person's struggle.

@ArizonaWillful 4 года назад

So many beautiful human beings gone far before their time.

@philcoleman7569 5 лет назад

Rita, you certainly need a mention. For being there for them and for cheering their life up, even though some days may have appeared doubtful and depressive.

@KimPhilby203 4 года назад

These guys are so inspiring..as a str8 person who cant comprehend the terror of epidemic and to carry this much suffering on their shoulders is beyond me

@kenallan2049 2 года назад

If there was ever an Angel on Earth it's Rita Rockett !

@ceilesmammy 5 лет назад

How brave all these people are. My heart goes to all people living with HIV or aids. You all are so courageous 💜💜

@Mr.Majestic77 4 года назад

ms connolly hey I'm just now seeing this. Very sad. Im heterosexual and now in 2020 this virus has turned it ugly head to the Black male gay & bi-sexual community and Black female community. I think this COVID 19 pandemic has the same type if feel, which every time you turn around someoone is infected with COVID 19 for the gay & straight community.

@Thomas-fu8vp 4 года назад

Joe Brewer RIP (2019)

@KimPhilby203 2 года назад

Thanks for the upload.. Fantastic Doc

@veevintage2619 5 лет назад

The callousness of some of the so called “mothers” that are capable of ostracizing their own sons because of religion is mind blowing. These guys are already dealing with a devastating diagnosis and the depression that ensues, to also be dealing with bigotry and rejection from the people that are supposed to be the ones that would live them no matter what?? Unbelievable.

@shebbs1 5 лет назад

Not just parents, I work throughout Asia, and the attitude is generally either heads-in-the-sand or callousness. The governments generally claim there is no HIV infection I their countries, conspicuous signs in Myanmar are most memorable. This disease is used for propaganda purposes, and not just in the communist ones but they are the worst.

@veevintage2619 5 лет назад

Robert Ward And THIS is what I mean by callous.

@Gooneress 4 года назад

Thank you for the invaluable public service of uploading this hugely powerful documentary. I can't imagine how traumatic the 1980s and 1990s were for everyone with full-blown AIDS - back when it was a certain death sentence. This excellent documentary gives us a very clear picture of the horror. Kudos to those who cared for the sick and dying and thank you to the brave men featured, long gone but speaking to us from beyond the grave. May they continue to rest in peace.

@alliechampagne1404 3 года назад

Just beautiful. Heart-breaking, yet beautiful. Thank you.

@husseinm.4723 Год назад

Rest in peace to these brave souls.

@jocekhiy626 2 года назад

The saddest thing was many died alone because their families/freinds ect were afraid to even have them around or touch or be near them. They would say you can't come here(at this point they were near death) and we can't come see you I'm sorry. It was like you're on your own bruh. A guy on one of these videos said so many of his freinds then had family members say well I'll come when its near the end or just not even contact them again. It's was sad reading it .

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@blondespitfire Год назад

@@US_ARMY_25_INF._DIV. That’s very sad. There is no reason for a gay man to not practice safe sex or get tested when there are medications to control the disease today.

@mazesavage3239 3 года назад

its sad what happened to these lovely men in the 1980's such a great loss of life

@marciusnery1284 3 года назад

Excellent heartfeling and upfront documentary showing us pretty accurately and with dignity the multitude of feelings and complex experiences that those heroic souls had to endure in the most scary times of contemporary history. So many young beautiful creative lives lost in the most excruciating manner. It's heartbreaking just to think about it! Those beautiful souls will be forever missed and remembered. Gratitude for teaching us the fragility of being human and the importance of love in our lives. 🙏🙌

@stevesims5729 5 лет назад

As a healthcare provider, I love seeing all of the good medical professionals taking care of the people with AIDS. And once a year, I try to read "And the Band Played On." It's both heartwarming and heartbreaking to see some faces to put with names. God bless all of them and their loved ones.

@freddiemercury4evr 5 лет назад

Outstanding book. The movie And the Band Played On is also great.

@jpeopolis 4 года назад

I remember seeing "And the Band Played On" when it premiered, I BELIEVE on HBO. Could be wrong. I would've been about 8, but was familiar with AIDS living in the DC metro area. We'd go to museums every weekend and see the oldest young men you could ever imagine being pushed around by their equally-young companion. Anyhow, when I was a little older, probably around 11, my parents let me read the book. I learned all about Walsh, Brewer, the various doctors, Krauss. It's weird to see the faces of these individuals I've admired for decades staring back at me. I wish I'd had an opportunity to meet them.

@candicegdaniec2405 Год назад

Lost many loved ones behind this terrible disease 💔 😔 😢 😪

@ClassPresidentAlejandro1999 3 года назад

thanks for the video

@yaraviera4444 Год назад

Well said unconditional love.. that's truly being a parent. To support them through what that hard moment they are going through.

@lanea397 3 года назад

Watching Archival footage of Freddie Mercury led me here. I wish he’d made it to see the medicine could’ve saved his life 😢

@roseolson4262 2 года назад

RIP dear Freddie….😔♥️

@AmundBlixAaeng 2 года назад

Heartbreaking to watch this, no cure at that time, now you can pretty much live out a full lifetime with the right medication.

@pooddescrewch8718 2 года назад

This was both an awesome and equally scary time for me . I was a hetero teen but I knew that viruses do not descriminate . I had brakes on my libido I might not normally have had .

@kaashee 4 года назад

A lot of these people are really beautiful

@jwalt8019 4 года назад

This just breaks my heart. For those who have passed, may their soul rest in peace.

@madesimple101 3 года назад

What an excellent video!! If we all could look upon suffering without turning away, thus become more compassionate. No one gets out of this alive so why not learn from those who are facing their death with dignity in order to face our own morality.

@caledoniankittyOfficial 4 года назад

This was moving, such beautiful people taken too soon. So brave and so selfless to share their stories, I would have been proud to have had them as a friend or relative ❤

@killjoy4540 Год назад

I was a child and taken on AIDS ward’s I saw a young boy i could hear him some nights he was mostly alone I was told hardly anyone came I met so many kind handsome young men I’ll never forget them all