A Closer Walk

"A film about AIDS in the world. A story about the way the world is."

Feb 5 2003 N/A NA
Documentary

This documentary examines the world AIDS crisis. The camera travels to Africa, where infections overwhelm the public health system and orphans face their own deaths, central Europe, where drug users spread the disease via shared needles, India, where husbands infect wives, and to the U.S., where grass-roots efforts in places like Kansas City confront cultural stereotypes. Interviews include patients, doctors, nurses, the Dalai Lama, and Kofi Annan. The film's tone is compassionate and urgent, and the statistics overwhelming.

Plot

This documentary examines the world AIDS crisis. The camera travels to Africa, where infections overwhelm the public health system and orphans face their own deaths, central Europe, where drug users spread the disease via shared needles, India, where husbands infect wives, and to the U.S., where grass-roots efforts in places like Kansas City confront cultural stereotypes. Interviews include patients, doctors, nurses, the Dalai Lama, and Kofi Annan. The film's tone is compassionate and urgent, the statistics overwhelming. The message: the AIDS epidemic, history's worst, continues.

Written by

Robert Bilheimer

Directed by

Robert Bilheimer

Cast

Glenn Close, Will Smith, Kofi Annan

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Awards

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Scores
# of Votes
150
Average Rating
8.2 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA