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Killing Patient Zero
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Killing Patient Zero

Jul 26, 2019
1h 39m
★ 5.6

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary
History

Production Companies

Fadoo Productions

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Killing Patient Zero Trailers

Cast

Gaétan Dugas

Self (archive footage)

Gaétan Dugas

Fran Lebowitz

Self

Fran Lebowitz

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan

Randy Shilts

Self (archive footage)

Randy Shilts

Richard Berkowitz

Self

Richard Berkowitz

Brian Freeman

Self

Brian Freeman