Independent Lens

We Were Here: A Health Crisis Catalyzes a Political Movement

Clip: Season 13 | 1m 6s

In the early years of the epidemic, delegations of people living with AIDS began going to Washington DC to raise awareness about the impact of the disease and to lobby for more research and treatment of the disease, as we see in this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary, We Were Here.

Aired: 06/14/12

Rating: TV-PG

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