HBO’s The Battle of amAR documents the true story of how two very different women – Elizabeth Taylor and research scientist Dr. Mathilde Krim – joined forces to create the first AIDS research foundation, amfAR spurred on by the fact that the disease had become a worldwide pandemic in part because of ignorance, indifference and bigotry.
The Battle of amfAr will have a sneak preview on HBO2 on December 1sy (World AIDS Day) before premiering on HBO, December 2nd at 9pm. The trailer and press release follow the jump.
HBO Documentary Film “The Battle of amfAR” Premieres December 2, 2013 at 9pm ET/PT with a sneak preview to air on World AIDS Day (December 1, 2013) on HBO 2.
THE BATTLE OF AMFAR (premiering on HBO December 2nd at 9pm ET/PT with a sneak preview on HBO 2 on December 1st – World AIDS Day) tells the true story of when AIDS struck and two very different and extraordinary women – Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor and research scientist Dr. Mathilde Krim – joined forces to take a stand and create America’s first AIDS research foundation, AmfAR. Their goal: to unveil the truth of the disease as a worldwide pandemic in desperate need of funding for scientific research to find a cure. Directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman (HBO’s Sundance award-winning THE CELLULOID CLOSET and Oscar©-winning COMMON THREADS: STORIES FROM THE QUILT) and executive produced by fashion mogul Kenneth Cole, THE BATTLE OF AMFAR chronicles the organization’s history and continuing importance in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
By tracing the roots of the AIDS pandemic—through the use of new and archival interviews, news broadcasts, time lapse fluorescence microscopy and animation—THE BATTLE OF AMFAR educates the viewer on the history of the stigma of the virus by examining the political and social attitudes towards those infected since the emergence of the disease. Rife with poignant interviews from co-founder Dr. Krim, footage of the late Elizabeth Taylor, and a myriad of scientists, physicians, gay rights and AIDS activists, THE BATTLE OF AMFAR not only contextualizes and tracks the creation of the nation’s first AIDS research foundation, but explores the contributions amfAR has made in the hunt for a cure for HIV/AIDS. Aileen Getty (Elizabeth Taylor’s former daughter-in-law), Regan Hofmann (former editor-in-chief of POZ Magazine) and Phil Wilson (Founder and Executive Director of the Black AIDS Institute) all bring human elements to the film, furthering the narrative that the story of HIV/AIDS is a human one. Visit: http://www.thebattleofamfar.com/ for additional information.