Killing Patient Zero

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

99 mins
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.

Gaétan Dugas

Himself (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan

Himself (archive footage)

Randy Shilts

Himself (archive footage)

Trevor Birney

Executive Producer

Laurie Lynd

Director

Paul Steinberg

Director of Photography

Bob McCown

Executive Producer

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