The Spectator UK is sponsoring a showing of an award winning film on HIV/AIDS. Have fun!
Wednesday, 28 October 2009, at Savoy Place, London, WC2R 0BL between 6.30pm and 9pm.
TheSpectator.co.uk
Exclusive screening of the controversial new award-winning documentary House of Numbers followed by a panel discussion from leading authorities in their field:
Professor Beverly Griffin, Imperial College London
Dr Joe Sonnabend, founding editor of Aids Research
Rt. Hon. Lord Norman Fowler, Former UK Secretary of State for Health
Professor Charles Geshekter, The California State University
Brent Leung, Director/Producer of House of Numbers
A generation had its attitudes towards sex coloured by the theory that HIV, a lethal new virus, was sweeping the world. Now an award-winning documentary House of Numbers argues that a world without HIV/Aids may be closer than we think.
The Spectator invites you to an exclusive screening of this controversial documentary on Wednesday 28 October, followed by a panel discussion during which the film-makers will face leading medical authorities.
The documentary, which has won awards at various film festivals in America, challenges many established perceptions of the Aids epidemic and is sure to generate much debate. Both the showing of House of Numbers and the panel discussion, in which the audience will be invited to participate, will take place at Savoy Place, London, WC2R 0BL between 6.30pm and 9pm.
Trailers:
http://www.houseofnumbers.com
http://www.spectator.co.uk/aids-debate
Seating is limited so we would strongly recommend booking early to avoid disappointment.
Charles Geshekter
Charles Geshekter is Emeritus Professor of African history at California State University. In addition to frequent field research and work in Africa, his publications examine European colonialism in Somalia, techniques of documentary film making, and reappraising AIDS in Africa. He has worked for the U.S. Department of Justice as a consultant on African immigration issues and was a member of the South African Presidential AIDS Advisory Panel (2000-03).
Joseph Sonnabend
Joseph A. Sonnabend is a physician, laboratory scientist, clinical researcher and community activist who contributed immeasurably to the fight against AIDS. As a pioneer in community-based research, he co-founded the AIDS Medical Foundation (later to become the American Foundation for AIDS Research, or amfAR) and the Community Research Initiative/Community Research Initiative on AIDS.
Brent Leung
Canadian-born director Brent Leung attended Kwantlen University in British Columbia, majoring in psychology. In 1999 he moved to Nashville, Tennessee to attend The Watkins Film School. After three years of cinema study, Brent decided to devote his full attention to investigating the HIV/AIDS phenomenon, which had troubled him since his high school days. The result is his first feature, the documentary House of Numbers.
Lord Fowler
Lord Fowler was Conservative MP for Nottingham South from 1970-74 and for Sutton Coldfield from 1974-2001, and held many cabinet and shadow cabinet posts between 1979 and 1999. He was raised to the peerage as Baron Fowler of Sutton Coldfield in the County of West Midlands 2001. He has been vice-chair of the all-party AIDS Group since 2001, and is deputy chairman of the Association of Conservative Peers.
Seating is limited so we would strongly recommend booking early to avoid disappointment.
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