A story of two coalitions – ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group) – whose activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition. Despite having no scientific training, these self-made activists infiltrated the pharmaceutical industry and helped identify promising new drugs, moving them from experimental trials to patients in record time.
Detroit’s story has encapsulated the iconic narrative of America over the last century – the Great Migration of African Americans escaping Jim Crow; the rise of manufacturing and the middle class; the love affair with automobiles; the flowering of the American dream; and now… the collapse of the economy and the fading American mythos.
An omnibus of 10 stories, 10 romances that portrays lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender relationships throughout Jakarta.
Indonesia 1998, Har, a lonesome boy, waiting for his mother who works as a domestic worker in Hong Kong coming back home in a few days. Har life with his jobless father who busy helping the village authorities preparing the first electricity installation in his village. Meanwhile, far from Har village, the big thing happening: chaotic people all around the Capital to depose the dictator president in the era.
Elinah (14 years old) is seven months pregnant and learning to be a stay at home wife. While living with her much older husband in a foreign city far away from her village, Elinah often chatted with the baby in her tummy to fight boredom and loneliness. In the midst of an annoying day, Elinah and her baby decide to go home, to each of their respective homes.
A quirky and insecure woman, MARIA V (17), has a secret before going to sleep, so she can fall asleep. Maria V grew up in a religious environment. Since kindergarten, he has been educated in a Catholic school. Until now he is currently sitting in high school St. Virgin Mary. Maria V was always educated to be a perfect woman, like and in the image of God. One day, Maria V's school held a retreat (Church Camp) which must be attended by all St. High School students. Virgin Mary. In this activity, the students will be taken to a place far from the city environment, in order to find peace while getting closer to God. Therefore, the disciples will spend the night there for two days and are paired in one room. Maria V is paired with MARIA P (17), a model student who is beautiful, smart and religious. In order to maintain her pride, Maria V also tried hard to find a way so that her secret before bedtime habit would not be leaked in front of the number one woman throughout St. Virgin Mary.
