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Killing Patient Zero

Killing Patient Zero (2019)

1h 39m | PG-13

⭐ 6.1 / 10

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.

Director: Laurie Lynd

Studio: Fadoo Productions

Genre: Documentary, History

Video: 720p

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Cast

Gaétan Dugas

Gaétan Dugas

as Himself (archive footage)

Fran Lebowitz

Fran Lebowitz

as Herself

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

as Himself (archive footage)

Randy Shilts

Randy Shilts

as Himself (archive footage)

Richard Berkowitz

Richard Berkowitz

as Himself

Brian Freeman

Brian Freeman

as Himself