PBS: Frontline - The Age of Aids
I was flipping through channels the other night and our local Boston PBS station was showing the Frontline program “The Age of AIDS.” Instictively, as soon as I saw Jesse Helms speaking about 6 minutes into the program, I knew I needed to hit record on the DVD Recorder. Glad I did.
Not only was Bono interviewed during it, I found the entire program extremely comprehensive in highlighting just what an emergency the AIDS epidemic is. Sure, you can hear Bono talk about it and see him travel to Africa to showcase the DATA work there, but hearing government official after government official, as well as activists working on behalf of the millions dying, it really hit home just how important the support of the ONE Campaign is.
It boggled my mind to know that I was alive when AIDS was first diagnosed and named as an illness. Realizing that we have an entire generation who has always known about AIDS made me feel a little old (what? you don’t know what vinyl records are? you’ve got to be kidding me!). However narrow that generational gap is for me, the realization that there’s a generation who doesn’t remember what it was like prior to this epidemic is astounding.
PBS has done a great job in dedicating part of the Frontline website for this episode. Bono’s interview is featured here. The interview was conducted on December 9, 2005.
You can follow the links on the page for other related features and highlights from the program.
acrobatserena said,
July 7, 2006 @ 3:50 pm
Didn’t we just read about this on your blog last month? I just looked in your archive because I knew I had seen it.
I like this site a lot, but don’t you guys read your own stuff to know if you have already reported on it?
I would rather read something new than something recycled.
m2 said,
July 7, 2006 @ 4:41 pm
Hi acrobatserena,
We all have lives, you know? We don’t all sit around memorizing what each other is posting on a daily basis. I sometimes go weeks without having time to read what’s being posted here on the blog.
Here’s an example: I just got back from a 2-week vacation. A night or two ago I sent out a news article to our mailing list, but had no idea that the article had been sent out by someone else on staff while I was gone. Oh, well….
This happens, what … maybe 1-2 times per year? Pretty amazing given the amount of news we distribute on the web site, on the blog, and/or on the mailing list.
Life goes on. Would you rather read something twice once in a blue moon, or not read it at all because we’re too afraid to post something that someone else might’ve already posted?
red rocks said,
July 8, 2006 @ 6:00 am
I agree with m2.
I think atu2 is an excellent and informative fan site, run by devoted fans volunteering their time. I also think that u2isable is a topnotch blogger — she always digs out interesting tidbits that most people would otherwise not be aware of. Also, note that the other post about this PBS show was posted by Tassoula, and each blog entry(Tassoula’s and u2isable’s) is different.