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The Origins of AIDS

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Directed by Catherine Peix Eyrolle, Peter Chappell

Did scientists inadvertently caused the AIDS epidemic?

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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.

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Tom Curtis
Tom Curtis
Self - Rolling Stone journalist
Cecil Fox
Cecil Fox
Self - (as Dr. Cecil Fox)
Simon Wain-Hobson
Simon Wain-Hobson
Self - (as Dr. Simon Wain-Hobson)
John Martin
John Martin
Self - former FDA scientist
Joseph Vandepitte
Joseph Vandepitte
Self - (as Dr. Joseph Vandepitte)
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