AIDS is About Secrets

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Title

AIDS is About Secrets

Subject

AIDS, African-American, documentary, women, IV drug use, safer sex

Description

Acquired for research for my doctoral disseration, then monograph, "AIDS TV."

Date

1988

Abstract

"AIDS is about secrets" was designed for black women who are at risk because they are or have been the sex partners of male intravenous drug users. The video focuses on particular behaviors that place these women in danger of becoming HIV infected.

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Duration

37:20 mins

Producer

HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies; Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene

Director

Media Group Inc., HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies; Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene

URL

For research, teaching, and educational use please use CONTACT US in About section to make a request for access.

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Citation

“AIDS is About Secrets,” VHS Activism Archive , accessed June 14, 2026, https://activismvhs.omeka.net/items/show/769.

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