Simple Courage: An Historical Portrait for the Age of AIDS Movie Review 1993

Intertwines interviews, newspaper clippings, historical photographs, diary and letter excerpts, art prints, newsreel clips, and Hawaiian scenery for a compelling look at the age of leprosy and its parallels to the current AIDS crisis. Emphasizes that leprosy victims were treated as criminals rather than victims of illness.

Distribution

Filmakers Library, Inc., 124 E. 40th St., New York, NY 10016, Phone: (212)808-4980, Toll-free: 800-555-9815, Fax: (212)808-4983, Email: info@filmakers.com, URL: http://www.filmakers.com

Available on VHS
Running time 53 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

AIDS, Diseases, History

Producer

Stephanie Castillo