Two interviews with Dr Mervyn Silverman, from 1988 and 2008. He explains the San Francisco model, how it began and what others can learn from it.

XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Jeffrey Sturchio, Vice President of Merck & Co, talks about the development of protease inhibitors in 1996 and the relationship between the activists and the drug industry.

XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Interview with the President of the International AIDS Society (IAS) and Co-chair of this year's conference, Pedro Cahn. He talks about the diversity of these conferences and reflects on the development over time.

XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Interview with the Swedish HIV activist, Writer and Deacon, Steve Sjöquist. He talks about stigma of people living with HIV and AIDS and the silence surrounding the disease.

M.D. Mervyn Silverman is one of the pioneers in the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Here he talks about the shifts of topics on the International AIDS Conferences between 1985 and 2008, about the so called San Francisco Model of AIDS care, and about the closing of the Bathhouses.