XIX International AIDS Conference. Red Ribbon award with UNAIDS Director Michel Sidibé, Crown Princess of Norway Mette-Marit, Myanmar stateswoman Aung San Suu Kyi, US politician Jim McDermott, French minister Marisol Touraine and award winners.

XIX International AIDS Conference opening ceremony. Speeches by the Elizabeth Taylor award winners of 2012, political and religious leaders, leaders of international agencies such as UNAIDS, IAS, The Global Fund, The World Bank and UN, and many other delegates.

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.

Opening press conference on the ending of AIDS at the XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington D.C. with congress woman Barbara Lee, the Director of IAS Elly Katabira, among others. A demonstration for the rights of sex workers and drug users takes place.

Opening ceremony of the Global Village at the XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington D.C. in 2012. Music performances and speeches by Michel Sidibé from UNAIDS, and others. Global Village is a section with representatives from civil society and HIV organizations.

Cutaways from the 4th South African AIDS Conference in Durban in 2009, with a session on male circumcision and a demonstration for human rights and access to antiretroviral treatment.

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.