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A Matter of Life and Death

199113m
Documentary

Status

Released

Release

1991

Runtime

13m

Storyline

Echoing the title of a definitive film in British cinema, A Matter of Life and Death captures an equally definitive reality of British society in the nineties: the scourge of AIDS that cost thousands of people their lives. What’s it like to live and die of a “big illness with a small name”?

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
13m
Jan 1, 1991
Languages
English
Director
Constantine Giannaris
Production
Channel 4 Television
Channel 4 Television
Fulcrum TV
Fulcrum TV
Production Countries
United Kingdom

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