This series of films will bring together different visions of HIV-aids. The selection contrasts contemporary visions with earlier ones that sought to confront the disinformation and prejudices around the so-called “aids crisis.” Likewise, it reveals the contrast between epochs and conceptions of the infection: as a divine punishment or martyrdom, as a public health problem and its need for treatment or as a vital, identitarian and erotic condition, intersected by the influence of the mass media and the medical advances.
Toscano establishes a comparison between the chronic character of HIV and a journey through time. This piece, which borrows its name from the original title of H.G. Wells’s The Time Machine, is composed of photograms and interviews with seropositive men, who discuss their experience of living with the infection.
An informative, didactic video aimed to young people: through interviews and stories inspired by then-contemporary pop culture, Tamés seeks to counteract the spread of disinformation and the prejudices found among the youth and their families regarding sexuality and the use of condoms. Common in Tamés’s production, the film is oriented toward raising information on HIV, its transmission methods, prevention and, above all, its impact on Mexican women.