Rampant: How a City Stopped a Plague (2007)

Genres - Science & Technology  |   Run Time - 60 min.  |   Countries - Australia  |  
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An examination of Australia's radical approach to dealing with the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s, which included introducing a needle-exchange program for intravenous drug users and encouraging open discussion of safe sex, while creating an innovative advertising campaign. Featuring interviews with journalist and AIDS activist Ita Buttrose, ex-politicians Neal Blewett and Bill Bowtell and the Rev. Fred Nile. Written and directed by Victoria Midwinter Pitt.