• Director(s):

    DETOURS (VINCENT), HENRY (DOMINIQUE)

  • Producer(s):

    ARTE FRANCE, ADR PRODUCTIONS

  • Territories:

    Worldwide.

  • Production year:

    2002

  • Language(s):

    German, English, French

  • Rights:

    NON-THEATRICAL, TV, DVD

The history of AZT -the first anti-HIV drug- is the story of a fight against fate...

The fate of a deadly disease, and the fate of economic inequalities. It is a scientific, legal, and human adventure that drives the hope of patients, but also a huge financial activity. The saga of AZT sheds light on the origin of a tragedy of our time: 40 million HIV-positive persons are denied access to life-saving treatments.
"I am alive today" confronts the viewpoints of drug industry leaders, scientists, and AIDS activists on the history of AZT. This rigorous and balanced account of historical facts is contrasted with archive images shot by AIDS patients over the development of the AIDS pandemics. These exceptional documents are loaded with the raw energy of young people in revolt against the idea that AIDS has to be a death sentence.

2002 : Price of the "scientific mediation" at the Oullins Scientific Film Festival; Special Price of the Young Jury at the Oullins Scientific Film Festival.