DocNights: KILLING PATIENT ZERO

Thomas Jefferson University & Philadelphia Film Society Present
with co-presented William Way LGBT Community Center

KILLING PATIENT ZERO
LAURIE LYND | 2019 | CANADA | 100 MIN

This event is #FREE, but tickets are required.
Tickets: http://filmadelphia.org/events/killing-patient-zero/

After the Stonewall riots and at the height of the gay liberation movement in America, an entire generation was busy celebrating their newfound emancipation, unaware of an impending epidemic. A disease that seemed determined to wipe out an entire generation of gay men, was largely ignored by politicians and the mainstream media.

Gaetan Dugas was a French-Canadian flight attendant, who offered to help early scientific research into the origins of AIDS. An unfortunate series of events followed and he would be vilified as Patient Zero, the man who gave us AIDS.

KILLING PATIENT ZERO will be available to screen March 17-24.

On March 23, join us for a special discussion with Director Laurie Lynd and Richard McKay, author of Patient Zero and the Making of the AIDS Epidemic.

The screening and discussion are FREE, but registration is required. Details regarding how to access the screening and Q&A will be sent to ticketholders in their confirmation email.