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The Epidemic That Decimated and Defined a Community

Preview: Season 13 | 2m 18s

When AIDS arrived in San Francisco in 1981, it decimated a community, but also brought people together in inspiring and moving ways to support and care for one another and to fight for dignity and a cure.

Aired: 06/14/12

Rating: TV-PG

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