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.