Killing Patient Zero (2019) Movie poster and book cover compared.

Killing Patient Zero

Laurie Lynd, 2019

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Patient Zero and the Making of the AIDS Epidemic
Richard A. McKay, 2017

Killing Patient Zero is a documentary directed by Laurie Lynd in 2019 and based on the book Patient Zero and the Making of the AIDS Epidemic by Richard A. McKay, first published in 2017. The documentary features Richard Berkowitz, Richard Bisson, Anita Bryant, Marcus A. Conant, Douglas Crimp, James W. Curran, and others.

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RATING

7.4

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Movie Poster: Killing Patient Zero (Laurie Lynd, 2019)

8.2

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Book Cover: Patient Zero and the Making of the AIDS Epidemic (Richard A. McKay, 2017)

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AUDIOBOOK

Audiobook cover of Patient Zero and the Making of the AIDS Epidemic, the 2017 book by Richard A. McKay.

Patient Zero and the Making of the AIDS Epidemic

Read by: Paul Woodson

Storyline

Gaetan Dugas, an openly gay individual, found himself facing the onset of what was later referred to as ‘gay cancer’ during the early 1980s. Cooperatively, he provided blood samples and disclosed the identities of 72 individuals he had engaged in sexual encounters with. Unfortunately, Dugas became a victim of demonization, falsely labeled as patient zero and unfairly stigmatized due to his perceived promiscuity.

Movie vs Book

Poster of Killing Patient Zero, the 2019 movie by Laurie Lynd

Year

2019

Minutes

100

Movie Rate

7.40

Source: IMDb

Movie

Killing Patient Zero

Country: Canada

Year: 2019

Length: 1h40m

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Cover of Patient Zero and the Making of the AIDS Epidemic, the 2017 book by Richard A. McKay

Year

2017

Pages

400

Book Rate

8.28

S: Goodreads

Book

Patient Zero and the Making of the AIDS Epidemic

Country: UK

First published in: 2017

Length: 400 pages

Genre: Non Fiction

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