Part 1 Before, the groovy seventies: coming to SF, leaving the war behind, free to be you and me; from the bars, the ghettos and villages to open participation within the greater society; Anita Bryant, O.J., t-shirts and milk it was the most political time; the White Night riots. Part 2 The early years: the early years, the Reagan era, first hearing; community responses, the first wave of AIDS activism; test results, time bombs, Rambo and the '84 Summer Olympics. Part 3 Death: bearing witness to the dying; room for loss, evolving American attitudes toward death; but fight like hell for the living. Part 4 Families, evolving, demographics, and otherness: waves, beyond border, Mexico City and el SIDA; 100per cent Americanisms versus the other HIV, the other and the question of the American family; HIV and the mosaic of American poverty; opportunistic affections - tragic, often absurd trials and tribulations of love in the time of HIV disease; days and lives within SF model; WORLD (women organized to respond to life threatening diseases). Part 5 Body, culture, and spirit: AIDS and the American psyche; battle cries, AIDS and the arts; AZT, white lab coats, and cultural arrogance; evolving notions of the doctor/patient relationship; you gotta give 'em hope - Harvey Milk living long-term with HIV. Part 6 Fragmentation: friends versus friends, the left versus the left - the Clinton years; the battle less chosen - health care, the death of AIDS activism? Part 7 Institutionalization: Aids Inc as the revolution slowed the state of maintenance; Aids in context. Part 8 Parting glances: ghosts walking down Castro Street; all anybody ever talks about is 'so and so's dying'
