Killing Patient Zero

Killing Patient Zero

The story of the AIDS epidemic and the man accused of starting it all.

2019 en 99 minutes

Rating: 5.9

Plot

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.

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Cast

Gaétan Dugas

Gaétan Dugas

Himself (archive footage)

Fran Lebowitz

Fran Lebowitz

Herself

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Himself (archive footage)

Randy Shilts

Randy Shilts

Himself (archive footage)

Richard Berkowitz

Richard Berkowitz

Himself

Brian Freeman

Brian Freeman

Himself

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