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IDFA 2021

God Has AIDS

Deus tem AIDS
Gustavo Vinagre, Fábio Leal
Brazil
2021
82 min
Dutch Premiere
Festival history

Forty years after the outbreak of the AIDS epidemic, a person infected with the virus is no longer automatically condemned to death; the disease has become a chronic condition. But in Brazil, where many still directly associate HIV/AIDS with homosexuality and a promiscuous lifestyle, the stigma surrounding the disease remains high. President Bolsonaro’s hateful rhetoric in recent years has fueled “serophobia,” and his budget cuts are hitting educational programs and clinics. As a consequence, more than 10.000 people a year in Brazil die from this treatable disease.

Seven artists and an activist doctor—all HIV-positive—speak out against the fatal ignorance, but also against racism in the gay scene and the total invisibility of women with HIV/AIDS. Through dance, performance, and poetry, they give HIV-positive people a face. They even manage to take something positive from their serological status: a better understanding of their bodies and their mortality.

Credits
Director
    Gustavo Vinagre,
    Fábio Leal
    Gustavo Vinagre,
    Fábio Leal
Production
    Dora Amorim for Ponte Produtoras,
    Júlia Machado for Ponte Produtoras,
    Thais Vidal for Ponte Produtoras,
    Fábio Leal,
    Gustavo Vinagre
    Dora Amorim for Ponte Produtoras,
    Júlia Machado for Ponte Produtoras,
    Thais Vidal for Ponte Produtoras,
    Fábio Leal,
    Gustavo Vinagre
Co-production
    Julia Alves for Sancho & Punta
    Julia Alves for Sancho & Punta
Executive producer
    Dora Amorim for Ponte Produtoras,
    Júlia Machado for Ponte Produtoras
    Dora Amorim for Ponte Produtoras,
    Júlia Machado for Ponte Produtoras
Cinematography
    Tiago Calazans
    Tiago Calazans
Editing
    Quentin Delaroche,
    Beatriz Pomar
    Quentin Delaroche,
    Beatriz Pomar
Sound
    Juliana Santana
    Juliana Santana
Sound Design
    Nicolau Domingues,
    Lucas Caminha
    Nicolau Domingues,
    Lucas Caminha
Screening copy
    Ponte Produtoras
    Ponte Produtoras

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