The Origins of AIDS

Did scientists inadvertently caused the AIDS epidemic?

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.

Directors

Catherine Peix Eyrolle, Peter Chappell

Writers

Stéphane Horel, Peter Chappell

Released

May 2, 2004

Language

French