Sinners' Disease ( Sinners' Disease - Surviving HIV in Russia )

Sinners' Disease (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Sinners' Disease - Surviving HIV in Russia
Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Subtitles )
Russian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
56 min + 40 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Documentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2011 and produced in:
Netherlands ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Jan Jaap Kuiper
Katja Sokolova

Written By:
Jan Jaap Kuiper
Katja Sokolova

Actors:
Jan Jaap Kuiper
Katja Sokolova

Synopsis:

Filmmaker Jan Jaap Kuiper follows militant mother-to-be Sasha Volgina. This 31-year-old activist is one of the many HIV-positive Russians. Antiviral medicines are scarce in Russia, however, and without them Sasha's child, too, could be infected at birth. More than one million Russians are HIV-positive, most of them not older than 35. Russia has the fastest growing AIDS epidemic in the world. Information is hardly available, let alone sufficient medication for those infected. Due to a lack of information and openness about the disease, it is widely considered as a punishment for drug addicts. Many young people became addicted to heroin at the end of the nineties as a result of the social and economic downturn in Russia. Many of Volgina's peers are former addicts, like herself, or still on drugs. Together with a group of activists, Volgina attempts to persuade the government to put sufficient medication at the disposal of all HIV-infected people and to prevent them from being stigmatized. Meanwhile, she prepares for parenthood.

There are almost one million people living with HIV in Russia, but the virus is still widely regarded as a 'sinners' disease'. Sasha Volgina - HIV positive, pregnant and bustling with energy - leads a young activist group protesting against the shortage of antiretrovirals. While fighting for the medicines essential for her and her unborn baby, she faces reluctant government, AIDS denialists and her own past as a heroin addict.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 02 October, 2012.