This production was made as the opening film for the IV International AIDS Conference in Stockholm in June 1988. It gives a broad representation of the global AIDS situation in the late 1980's, and has a particular focus on social structures, poverty and stigma.

In this film clip, a man working in the laboratory at St Vincent Hospital in Sydney shows some of the HIV tests and talks about the Australian AIDS situation.

Julie and Ken from the Australian Prostitutes Collective talk about their program for HIV/AIDS prevention among female and male sex workers, among which one third are also IV drug users. APC offers social support, needle exchange and sex education.

Unknown politician from the Australian government talks about the Australian AIDS situation and the hospitals capacity.

Two anonymous young women talking about HIV/AIDS, sex and love, youth and promiscuity, at King’s Cross in Sydney.