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.

XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington D.C. Brazilian musical performance Carnival Champs in Rhythm of Prevention.

XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington D.C. Interview with the American musician Jamar Rodgers known from the NBC show The Voice. He shares his personal thoughts about the AIDS conferences.

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. Music performance for the rights of sex workers, by sex workers from around the world. Due to travel restrictions some of the performers are broadcasted live from India.

Opening ceremony of the Global Village at the XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington D.C. in 2012. The Jamaican musical group The Ashe Company performs an educational musical called Safe Stupid or What. It is about youth, love, sex and HIV.

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.

XVIII International AIDS Conference in Vienna. Interview with the musician Daniela Dimitrovska from Macedonia about stigma and cutaways from the Youth Peer Education Network (Y-PEER) sexual education booth.

XVIII International AIDS Conference in Vienna. Interview with the musician Daniela Dimitrovska from Macedonia about stigma and cutaways from the Youth Peer Education Network (Y-PEER) sexual education booth.

XVIII International AIDS Conference in Vienna. Interview with Jonathan Nzuki from the Kenyan youth organization U-Tena Arts and Education Society. He talks about the U-Tena dance performance group that works with HIV/AIDS awareness.

XVIII International AIDS Conference in Vienna. Demonstration and dance performance.

Opening session of the 4th South African AIDS Conference in Durban in 2009. Professor Linda Gail Bekker from University of Cape Town talks about the HIV/AIDS situation in South Africa. The film also includes music performances and location shots.