If you're into studying the history of viruses this is a riveting 1990's film with an all-star cast led by Matthew Modine. It covers the real-life history of the AIDS virus in North America beginning in the early 1980's in Los Angeles and San Francisco and documents the public health and governmental response, some good, and some very, very bad. Both educational and highly entertaining. Based on a book of the same name by Randy Shilts which by my account has since been supplanted in its historical accuracy of the AIDS pandemic by "The Chimp and the River" by David Quammen.
Link to "And The Band Played On" on Amazon
Link to book on Amazon
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