Gaetan Dugas was initially demonized because of his promiscuity, being openly gay, and he was wrongfully identified as patient zero, therefore being wrongfully identified for quite some time as the initial person responsible for introducing the AIDS virus. Killing Patient Zero rehabilitates the public image of Gaetan Dugas, the French-Canadian flight attendant widely known as the man almost single-handedly responsible for the AIDS epidemic. As the doc methodically illustrates, Dugas was an unfairly maligned, complex figure whose reputation was.

Killing Patient Zero brings Dugas to life through interviews with his friends (his family have long refused to speak to the media) and they tell the story of a gregarious, brash and unabashedly out man in a time when such openness would have been incredibly challenging. Documentary is a portrait of Gaëtan Dugas, the Canadian man who was one of the earliest diagnosed HIV/AIDS patients in North America, but became incorrectly demonized as "patient zero" for the epidemic after his role in the early story of the disease was misreported in. Документальный. Режиссер: Лори Линд. В ролях: Gaëtan Dugas. Продюсер: Corey Russell. NOW Magazine Movies & TV Reviews Hot Docs review: Killing Patient Zero.

Killing Patient Zero

Laurie Lynd's alternatively infuriating and heartfelt doc dismantles the idea that Air Canada flight attendant Gaëtan Dugas, dubbed Patient Zero, was the epicentre of the AIDS epidemic. Knife used to slice open a body. Parents need to know that Patient Zero is a movie about a virus outbreak that turns humans into zombie-like monsters. Movie reviews for Killing Patient Zero. MRQE Metric: See what the critics had to say and watch the trailer. The film is a portrait of Gaëtan Dugas, the Canadian man who was one of the earliest diagnosed HIV/AIDS patients in North America.

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Patient Zero movie reviews & Metacritic score: After an unprecedented global pandemic has turned the majority of humankind into violent "Infected," a man gif. If your review contains spoilers, please check the Spoiler box. ` Laurie Lynd's Killing Patient Zero asks an essential question: Where does a dead man go to get his reputation back? Gaëtan Dugas was long miscredited as 'patient zero' of the AIDS epidemic in North America.

KILLING PATIENT ZERO centers the gay rights movement around the AIDS epidemic during the Reagan era. It is a heartbreakingly robust portrait of a And the Band Played On. It also provides a fascinating etymology of the phrase "Patient Zero", which has become synonymous with the… Историческое, документальное. Режиссер: Laurie Lynd. Patient Zero-RadioLab A really good pod episode about AIDS.