GUGU DLAMINI

Beat It! 1999 Episode 1 – Special Report

A short documentary insert about the brutal murder of a South African AIDS activist, Gugu Dlamini. Gugu Dlamini was murdered, 10 years ago because of her HIV positive status. To date no one has been found guilty of this hate crime against People Living with HIV/AIDS.

Patient Abuse

Patient Abuse follows the events leading up to the formation of the Treatment Action Campaign and their struggles to access affordable quality treatment for all South Africans, by challenging the patent laws protecting the profits of multinational drug companies. Patient Abuse tells of how the Treatment Action Campaign grew from a handful of people on the steps of St Georges Cathedral to an organisation of thousands with support from activists around the globe. In April of 2001 the TAC was victorious when the PMA withdrew it's case.