Killing Patient Zero

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Killing Patient Zero

2019,

1h 40m,

Documentary

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After the Stonewall riots and at the height of the gay liberation movement in America, an entire generation were busy celebrating their newfound emancipation, unaware of an impending epidemic. A disease that seemed determined to wipe out an entire generation of gay men, was largely ignored by politicians and the mainstream media. Gaetan Dugas was a French-Canadian flight attendant, who offered to help early scientific research into the origins of AIDS. An unfortunate series of events followed and he would be vilified as Patient Zero, the man who gave us AIDS.

Stephen Rodrick

Globe and Mail

Jul 24, 2019

3.5/4

Lynd has restored Dugas to imperfect flesh and blood. That is achievement enough.

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Frank Scheck

The Hollywood Reporter

May 9, 2019

Although Killing Patient Zero clearly sets out to clean up Dugas' reputation, it also presents a complex portrait of a man whose behavior was self-destructive and dangerous.

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Jason Adams

My New Plaid Pants

Jul 6, 2021

The doc shreds the very idea of a "patient zero" down to nothing, down to the conceptual gibberish it always was

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Jennie Kermode

Eye for Film

Oct 26, 2020

3.5/5

Writer/director Laurie Lynd does a good job of bridging the gap between LGBTQ and straight audiences.

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

Sep 18, 2020

[It] spends too much time on the generalities of gay life before and during the AIDS era for viewers already familiar with that history. But it's still a valuable footnote that revises the (until now) widely accepted account.

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Jack King

Awards Watch

Sep 9, 2020

B-

The film ends with a touching eulogy for Dugas, whose legacy is at least partially corrected. But there is the feeling, somewhat, that for Killing Patient Zero to be engaging is predicated by prior interest.

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Corey Russell

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After the Stonewall riots and at the height of the gay liberation movement in America, an entire generation were busy celebrating their newfound emancipation, unaware of an impending epidemic. A disease that seemed determined to wipe out an entire generation of gay men, was largely ignored by politicians and the mainstream media. Gaetan Dugas was a French-Canadian flight attendant, who offered to help early scientific research into the origins of AIDS. An unfortunate series of events followed and he would be vilified as Patient Zero, the man who gave us AIDS.

Director: Laurie Lynd
Producer: Corey Russell
Screenwriter: Laurie Lynd
Production Co: Fadoo Productions
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 9, 2021
Runtime: 1h 40m

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