My Own Country (1998)
Directed by Mira Nair
Genres - Drama |
Sub-Genres - Medical Drama |
Release Date - Jan 1, 1998 (USA - Unknown), Jan 1, 1998 (USA) |
Run Time - 105 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Gönül Dönmez-Colin
From the director of the acclaimed Salaam Bombay, My Own Country is based on the best-selling memoir of an Ethiopian doctor who treated HIV and AIDS patients in Johnson City in the smoky mountains of Eastern Tennessee in 1985.
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Keywords
AIDS, doctor, fish-out-of-water, HIV, homosexual, marital-problems, nurse, small-town