the bloody truth

Publication

2014

Duration

52 minutes

Languages

German English

AIDS – Das Erbe der Kolonialzeit  / The Bloody Truth follows a team of scientists into decrepit hospitals in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the deepest forest regions of Cameroon. Hidden in long-forgotten tissue samples and chimp shit (yes!), they uncover the clue to how AIDS, the deadliest pandemic of modern times, came about. The Bloody Truth has been screened to great acclaim in more than a dozen countries worldwide.