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How To Survive A Plague

How To Survive A Plague, details the early days of what we now know is the AIDS epidemic in the United States; specifically telling the stories of the pioneers of the AIDS advocacy movement

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Behind the Scenes of “In It to Save Lives”

My name is Lisa Russell and as the filmmaker behind “In It to Save Lives” on male circumcision in Kenya and Swaziland, I wanted to share my personal perspective on the issue of voluntary medical male circumcision and why I agreed to make the film.

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One Mother’s Journey: Human Rights For All Moms

"Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, so close to home - so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world..."

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Take a Shot at Changing the World

For two decades, I worked as a screenwriter on films and television. But in 2010, I was moved to produce a film featuring first-hand interviews telling the story of Dr. Jonas Salk and his research team. I wanted to tell the story of how they – along with the entire nation – pulled together to conquer the most-feared disease of the 20th century: polio.

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