My Own Country

My Own Country (1998)

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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AIDS, doctor, fish-out-of-water, HIV, homosexual, marital-problems, nurse, small-town