House of Numbers: Anatomy of an Epidemic (2009)

What is HIV? What is AIDS? What is being done to cure it? These questions sent Canadian filmmaker Brent Leung on a worldwide journey, from the highest echelons of the medical research ... See full summary »

Director:

Brent Leung

Writer:

Llewellyn Chapman

Stars:

Luc Montagnier, Francois Barre-Sinnousi, Anthony Fauci

Cast

Credited cast:
Luc Montagnier	...	Himself - Discoverer of HIV
Francois Barre-Sinnousi	...	Herself - Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine
Anthony Fauci	...	Himself - Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Kenneth Cole	...	Himself - Chairman of the Board, amfAR
James Curran	...	Himself - Former Director, CDC AIDS Division
David Baltimore	...	Himself - Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine
Donald P. Francis	...	Himself - Epidemiologist, CDC
Michael Gottlieb	...	Himself - First Doctor to Diagnose AIDS, UCLA Medical Center
Harold Jaffe	...	Himself - Former Director, CDC AIDS Division
Daniel Kuritzkes	...	Himself - Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Reinhard Kurth	...	Himself - President, Robert Koch Institute Germany
Joseph B. McCormick	...	Himself - Epidemiologist, CDC
John P. Moore	...	Himself - Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College
Peter Piot	...	Himself - Executive Director, UNAIDS
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Donald Abrams	...	Himself - Chief of Hematology-Oncology, San Francisco General Hospital

Storyline

What is HIV? What is AIDS? What is being done to cure it? These questions sent Canadian filmmaker Brent Leung on a worldwide journey, from the highest echelons of the medical research establishment to the slums of South Africa, where death and disease are the order of the day. In this up-to-the-minute documentary, he observes that although AIDS has been front-page news for over 28 years, it is barely understood. Despite the great effort, time, and money spent, no cure is in sight. Born in 1980 (on the cusp of the epidemic), Leung reveals a research establishment in disarray, and health policy gone tragically off course. Gaining access to a remarkable array of the most prominent and influential figures in the field -- among them the co-discoverers of HIV, presidential advisors, Nobel laureates, and the Executive Director of UNAIDS, as well as survivors and activists -- his restrained approach yields surprising revelations and stunning contradictions. The HIV/AIDS story is being ...

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Plot Keywords:

human immunodeficiency virus | hiv test | controversy | controversial | science

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Taglines:

A world without HIV/AIDS may be closer than you think.

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Genres:

Documentary

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 April 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Das Kartenhaus der Aids-Verschwörung

Filming Locations:

Australia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Knowledge Matters

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

User Reviews

How many people will die because of this?

Its like one of these "condoms do not prevent AIDS" or "teach the controversy" moments. The most selective reporting you will ever see.. Picking out the least credible and dishonest people out there who want to make a name for themselves and earn some money and cutting out awkward peaces of interviews with those rare experts in ti. Crackpot journalists, pseudo scientists, and most of all conspiracy theorists..

Exploiting poor African countries and its people, poorly qualified medical workers, those rare lucky individuals whose immune system successfully holds the virus at bay, etc.. Selecting out all these and all the possibly imaginable theories that could support his agenda..

Why is there no cure? What is that supposed to mean?... Why is there no cure for Alzheimers, or cancer? If your BS alarm didn't go off at least a hundred times, them I am sorry, but you are naive and gullible.

This Brent Leung is a criminal in my eyes.. I have seen references to this documentary on many sites now, which means people are actually believing this nonsense and it certainly means that there will indirectly be many lives lost because of this.

This guy didn't even spare the poor guy that went with his agenda in desperation... "This guy is taking HIV medicine" and a few seconds later "He died shortly after recording this video", therefore don't take your medicine or you will die...

Either homophobia is behind this, or some "christian family values", but certainly that deadly sort of inhumane capitalism and greed. Just because one is allowed to make money by selling lies and dangerous speculations, some lowlife will inevitably grab the opportunity..

Its the most dishonest thing you will see, and all because this virus is really complicated and resilient, more than anything we previously encountered. It mutates so quickly that there are virtually millions of different strains out there.. Of course we had a lot of problems detecting and fighting it and of course scientists want as much money as they can get for fighting it. Of course you will find people that were misdiagnosed, etc, etc.

Eh, it just makes me angry. This Brent Leung made a career and a lot of money out of this, while those crackpot wannabe "scientists" and "journalists" in it got a little attention and opened doors into conspiracy theory world..They will never see or hear about those ones that will die as a result of this documentary.