In advance of World AIDS Day on December 1, a panel will discuss the early days and current state of affairs of the AIDS epidemic over the course of the last four decades. As a touchstone, a film from the midpoint of the epidemic (6000 a Day from 2002) will serve to fill in portions of a story still being written.

The documentary discusses how the world's top decision-makers knowingly failed to prevent the spread of AIDS. It examines the failure of key individuals, prominent NGO's, and governments to act as they allowed an avoidable catastrophe to fester. By examining this human catastrophe, the film reveals a global rift that helped the disease to spread.

This is a free but ticketed event. https://performingarts.nd.edu/event/12950/6000-a-day-an-account-of-a-catastrophe-foretold-2002/

Co-sponsored by the Eck Institute for Global Health.