My Own Country (1994)

Directed by

Mira Nair

Genre

biography

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

R

Rating

4.5 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A doctor treats AIDS patients in rural Tennessee during the early years of the epidemic. The story follows his personal and professional challenges as he cares for a community facing a new disease.

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What happens

My Own Country: A Doctor's Story is a 1994 book by American doctor and author Abraham Verghese. The book is non-fiction, based on Verghese's own experiences in dealing with AIDS patients in East Tennessee in the early stages of the epidemic. A film adaptation commissioned by Showtime and directed by Mira Nair, starring Naveen Andrews as Verghese, aired on the network in 1998. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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