4th South African AIDS Conference in Durban. Closing session with a speech by South African Minister of Health, Barbara Hogan, about policies and strategies for human rights and HIV prevention interventions. Discovery Health award to scientist in the HIV field.

Panel session at the 4th South African AIDS Conference, discussing youth activism, child advocacy and women's rights in relation to HIV and AIDS. Among the speakers are Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Deputy President of South Africa Baleka Mbeti.

XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Closing session with speeches by the Co-chairs Pedro Cahn and Luiz Enrique Soto-Ramírez., as well as the Mayor of Mexico City and the Co-Chairs of the next International AIDS Conference in Vienna in, 2010.

XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Interview with Matthew Basilico who is a student at Harvard School of Public Health. He talks about the message of youth participation and activism at the conference and in civil society.

Interview with the Scottish Singer and AIDS activist Annie Lennox in Mexico City. She talks about her activism and the situation of poverty, violence, gender inequality and human rights violations connected with HIV/AIDS.

Interview with the Scottish Singer and AIDS activist Annie Lennox in Mexico City. She talks about her activism and the situation of poverty, violence, gender inequality and human rights violations connected with HIV/AIDS.

XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Panel session on comprehensive sex education targeting youth, the human rights aspect of sex education and youth participation in the global HIV/AIDS response.

XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Interview with Andrew Francis from the Jamaica Youth Advocacy Network (JYAN) on the importance of youth participation and influence in the policy making process and in the HIV/AIDS response.

XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Interviews with activists from across the world, representing non-governmental organizations advocating for HIV prevention and the rights of youth.

XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Interview with Edwin Nichols who works at the World AIDS Campaign (WAC) a cross-national organization, initially governed by UNAIDS, working with campaigns to influence political decision makers on HIV/AIDS issues.

XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Interview with Fatma Hacioglu from Turkey and David Jason Wessenaar from South Africa, two advocates for youth sexual and reproductive rights. They talk about sexuality education in their home countries.

This film tells the US story of the AIDS epidemic starting in the early 1980's. Scientists and activists, both pioneers and youths of today, talk about research, prevention, treatment and care. They also discuss stigma, homophobia and poverty as closely related to HIV and AIDS.