The Lazarus Effect: Trailer

Trailer for the documentary The Lazarus Effect. Directed by Lance Bangs and executive produced by Spike Jonze and Susan Smith Ellis, The Lazarus Effect documents the transformative effects that ARVs can have on people, their families and their communities when treatment is accessible. The film traces the experience of Constance (Connie) Mudena, who lost all three of her children to AIDS before treatment was accessible. When she and her husband both tested positive for HIV, treatment was not readily available and at the end of each month they had to choose between buying life-saving medicine, paying the rent or buying food with their meager income. Constance eventually heard about a clinic that was making free drugs available. She was one of the first people to be enrolled at the clinic where she is now a HIV Peer Education Supervisor. The Lazarus Effect shows people at the beginning of their treatment when they are gravely ill, returning a few months later to follow their progression to health."(RED), Spike and I went into this film wanting the people in it to tell their own stories" says director Lance Bangs. This film is a hopeful one, yet a reminder that almost 4,000 people still die every day from AIDS in Africa because not all people who need access to the treatment have it." The Lazarus Effect is the center of a multi-media campaign by (RED) to raise awareness of the impact of large-scale AIDS programs at work in sub-Saharan Africa and the life-restoring effect of ARV medicine now available to HIV-positive people for around 40 cents a day. Thanks to public health organizations like the Global Fund and the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), funding for ARVs is being provided to millions of people in Africa. In addition to funding, these organizations are educating people on how they can stay healthy and protect themselves from contracting and spreading the HIV virus. (RED), the largest business sector funder of the Global Fund, su...

Channel: Trailer Addict Video Length: 33s Date Found: Sat, Oct 23 2010 9:25 PM Category: Movies Date Produced: Wed, Oct 20 2010 10:00 AM View Count: 0