The Journalist David Perlman from San Francisco Chronicle was the first American journalist to report on AIDS in June 1981. He tells the story of his first article on AIDS, and how reporting on the epidemic affected him.

Nicole, a teenage girl living in San Francisco, is interviewed about the voluntary work she has done in the Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco.

Diane Johns is a nurse at San Francisco General Hospital. She shares her thoughts on terminal care, patient participation, home based care, and homelessness. Diane started to work at San Francisco General Hospital in 1982 and began at the newly opened AIDS ward in 1983.

XIX International AIDS Conference. Interview with Angelo Kaggwa from Uganda who works for the Global Advocacy for HIV Prevention (AVAC). He talks about the importance of addressing male circumcision and shares his hopes for AIDS 2014 in Melbourne.

XIX International AIDS Conference. Session focusing on the scientific strategies in HIV cure research, ethical questions in clinical HIV cure trials and the patient benefits of those clinical trials. The panel members are scientists and physicians, activists and long-term survivors.

XIX International AIDS Conference. Panel discussion on youth HIV/AIDS activism focusing on stigma and discrimination, internet and social media in the HIV/AIDS response and how to influence political leaders and older generations to take action.

XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington D.C. in 2012. Cutaways from a session on sex workers rights. Debbie holds a speech about her way out of sex work and about the lack of support organizations for transgender women.

XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington D.C. Memory session of the AIDS activist Robert Carr, discussing discrimination of women, MSM, sex workers and drug users as well as people living with HIV/AIDS, and tributing Robert's work and friendship.

XIX International AIDS Conference press conference with Hollywood celebrity Debra Messing.

Sten Vermund from University of Alabama reflects on the history of the global AIDS epidemic and his involvement in the field as a young scientist in the 80's. He discusses the social and economic factors of HIV/AIDS, such as stigma, poverty and the drug industry.

Students are interviewed on the street in Washington DC, about HIV/AIDS and prevention.

Diane Johns is a nurse at San Francisco General Hospital. She shares her thoughts on terminal care, patient participation, home based care, homelessness, sex education and morality, stigma and other questions related to HIV and AIDS.