Why Us? Left Behind and Dying| 1hr : 25mins
Director: Claudia Pryor Malis | Producer: Claudia Pryor, Vivian Siu, David Guilbault, & Nene Ofuatey-Kodjoe
Focus Years: 2010 | Country: United States
Synopsis:
More than 30 years since the first public acknowledgement of AIDS, a great deal of work still needs to be done to provide people living with HIV with the proper care they deserve and find a cure for the disease. Today, every 9.5 minutes someone is infected with HIV in the United States, paralleled with the pandemic across Sub-Saharan Africa.
What was initially thought to be a gay white man’s disease is now a Black disease. While African-Americans represent only 12% of the U.S. population, they account for nearly half of all HIV infections in the United States, according to the CDC. The numbers are staggering: Black women account for more than 60% of all new HIV infections, primarily through heterosexual sex; Black teenagers, while they only comprise 17% of all U.S. teenagers, make up nearly 70% of all new AIDS cases reported. Why?
“Why Us? Left Behind and Dying†is the story of a group of inner-city African-American teenagers who decide to explore the reasons why HIV/AIDS is so disproportionately high among Black people. It takes courage; there is a terrible stigma around HIV in the Black community. Told from their point of view, their journey reveals the various social, cultural, and scientific reasons as to why the disease is ravaging the African and African-American community. Throughout their process, they meet various people living with and affected by the disease, as well as sharing some of their own personal stories. They want to know, "Why Us? Left Behind and Dying."
The documentary was filmed throughout Africa, Canada, the U.K. and in the United States.
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