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Asmaa or Asma'a (Arabic: أسماء) is a 2011 Egyptian drama film, and is the first such feature film to present AIDS patients sympathetically. [3] Written and directed by Amr Salama, the film tells the history of a woman with HIV who struggles to live under the burden of keeping her HIV status secret, and the dilemma she faces when offered the opportunity to appear on a television talk show.
People who are HIV positive speak about the challenges they face, how dealing with the disease has changed, and their survival stories. As more is being learned and discovered about HIV and AIDS ...
The film revolves around the problems faced by HIV patients in the society, where the film focuses about love, humanity and compassion. [16] It is considered to be a multi-genre film, that considered to be a non-linear narrative , where multiple storytelling devices are used.
[56] This changed the social stigma that HIV/AIDS was a disease that only affected gay men and made it "everyone's problem", and as a result, HIV/AIDS stories were often featured as human-interest pieces. This trend did not last long, because in 1996 the disease was moved from a fatal to a chronic disease, marking the first decline in US HIV ...
The movie, premiering this month, is based on real events in the early 1990s, when a group of young people in Cuba were looking for freedom from government repression.
Bangs and Jonze made the film after they were contacted by an organizer from AIDS awareness group Red.The organizer suggested they film a documentary in AIDS clinics in Zambia, where one out of seven people is HIV-positive, and one person's daily dose of antiretroviral drugs costs about 40 cents according to Red – a cost which many patients are unable to afford.
Phir Milenge (transl. We'll Meet Again) is a 2004 Indian drama film starring Shilpa Shetty, Salman Khan and Abhishek Bachchan.The film is directed by Revathi.The film dealt with the subject of AIDS and was inspired by the Hollywood film Philadelphia (1993).
The goal was to reach the estimated 1.2 million people living with HIV, including some who don’t know they have the disease. Overall, estimated new HIV infection rates declined 23%from 2012 to 2022.