XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Ending of a panel session on the vaccine trials of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI). Seth Berkley, Alan Bernstein and Omu Anzala respond to questions from the audience.

XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Panel discussion with Annie Lennox, among others, on global health policy and how the HIV/AIDS situation affects African communities.

XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Cutaways of panel discussions with Annie Lennox and members of Oxfam International, among others, on global health policy and how the HIV/AIDS situation affects African communities.

The primary focus of this documentary is on the history of how the AIDS epidemic started in San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York in 1981. Many different stories are told about people affected or surrounded by HIV and AIDS in the early years of the epidemic.