Staffan Hildebrand returns to Australia, where he started his project of documenting the AIDS epidemic in 1988, and to Cambodia where he first arrived in 1998. He interviews some of the scientists and activists who he met back then and displays some footage from the archive.

XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Face of AIDS film screening, short interviews, demonstrations and music performances. The Canadian rapper Eternia performs songs about HIV/AIDS and women's rights.

Young AIDS activist Ricardo Baruch talks about the international collaboration of youth activists and the AIDS situation in Mexico for LBGT persons and women in rural areas and developing countries. He also reflects on the International AIDS Conference.

A film documenting the situation in Russia in 2002, highlighting the conflict between different approaches to the HIV problem.

Dr Ingrid van Beek from the Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre (MSIC), a program offering HIV testing, counseling, needle-exchange and methadone programs. She talks about the challenges and successes of the Australian AIDS response.