This is the story about Steve Sjöquist - writer, HIV activist and deacon at Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset in Stockholm. Steve was diagnosed with HIV in 1987 and he was one of the first Swedish AIDS patients to get the new antiretroviral therapy in 1996. It saved his life.

XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Interviews with Jasmine Burnett from the Black AIDS Institute in the United States, Yvette Fleming from Stop AIDS Now in the Netherlands and David Lush from Positive Vibes in Namibia, among others.

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.

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