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An:Historical portrait for the age of AIDS : simple courage. [videorecording]

[Hawaii] : S.J. Castillo, c1992 1 videocassette (53 min.) : sd., col. with b&w ; 1/2 in Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE AV/9301576A
Damien

Abstract: (Producer) Documents the treatment of leprosy victims in Hawaii in the 19th and early 20th century. American colonizers looked upon the disease as a curse from God, punishment for immoral sexual behavior. One man, Damien de Veuster (Father Damien), took it upon himself to care for and bring comfort to these untouchables for sixteen years before he himself succumbed to the disease. Using archival footage and interviews with survivors from the '30s and 40's, this program shows how the emotional pain of banishment added to the ravages of the disease. While leprosy and AIDS are very different diseases, their sufferers share the same fears and stigma and their fight for humane treatment draws them together.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PSYCHOLOGY Leper Colonies/*HISTORY Leprosy/*HISTORY/*PSYCHOLOGY *Prejudice *Quarantine Hawaii MONOGRAPHKWDacquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome/KWDpsychologylepercolonies/KWDhistoryleprosy/KWDhistory/KWDpsychologyKWDprejudiceKWDquarantinehawaiimonograph
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