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Positively Beautiful

In South Africa, five strangers living with AIDS form an unlikely friendship that gives each a newfound strength, transforming them from ordinary citizens to extraordinary activists in the struggle against stigma, fear and ultimately death at the hands of the disease. At the height of the epidemic, they form a network for people living with HIV. As death continues to claim the lives of friends and family, and political leaders continue to deny the existence of HIV, they must fight harder. Fifteen years later, against all odds, they are still alive. Their friendship becomes a remarkable story: a quiet victory of meaningful, beautiful lives in an evolving South Africa. Their struggles give strength and inspire: having children, fighting cancer, and being lesbian in South Africa. Positively Beautiful is a story about life, love and friendship in the age of HIV.

Thanks in partnership with: Fred Hutchinson Vaccine Trials Unit- Seattle ** BABES Network ** CFAR ** Center for Multicultural Health ** Neighborhood House- Project HANDLE ** DefeatHIV ** POCAAN

[Director: Diveena Cooppan ** Category: Documentary ** Runtime: 63 min. ** Filmmaker in attendance]

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