"SIDA" or "AIDS" is an 18-minute live action documentary short film released in 2006, so this one is already over a decade old. The director here is Argentinian Gaspar Noé, but it is a French-language production due to the protagonist's nationality and mother tongue. He is a man suffering from HIV in a hospital in Burkina Faso and sadly he died already a while before this little movie was released. It is a very simplistic work, but still pretty effective and successful in my opinion in giving us the most personal insight into the illness and why we need to try everything to fight. Sadly, greed (as expected) has resulted in nothing having changed in over 10 years and there are more than enough people facing the same fate in 2018 like Dieudonne Ilboudo has in 2005. Let me add that this is not a racist film by any means as honestly Africa simply is the continent where HIV is just the biggest problem of all, also because of unsatisfying education. So the stereotype argument could not be more embarrassing, cringeworthy and simply false and it's political correctness like this that results in the necessary steps not being taken in order to fight the evil that HIV still is today. Than you Mr. Noé for bringing the attention to this subject. A criminally underseen movie and I definitely recommend checking it out.
Review of SIDA
