House of Numbers (2009)
- Original title
- House of Numbers: Anatomy of an Epidemic
- Directed by
- Brent Leung
- Genre
- documentary film, LGBTQ-related film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 7 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary challenges the established medical consensus that HIV causes AIDS. The filmmaker interviews various scientists and activists, presenting arguments that HIV is harmless. Many of the scientists later said their remarks were misrepresented to support a position that is widely dismissed as pseudoscience.
questioningargumentativeinformationalpolemicalcontentiousinterview-basedcontroversial
What happens
House of Numbers: Anatomy of an Epidemic is a 2009 film directed, produced, and hosted by Brent Leung and described by him as an objective examination of the idea that HIV causes AIDS. The film argues that human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is harmless and does not cause acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), a position known as AIDS denialism. The film's claims of impartiality have been widely rejected by scientists, and the film's claims about HIV and AIDS have been dismissed as pseudoscience and conspiracy theory masquerading as even-handed examination. A group of scientists interviewed for the film later complained that their comments had been misrepresented and taken out of context, and that the film promotes pseudoscience. The film also interviews Christine Maggiore, a prominent AIDS denialist who later died following AIDS-related conditions. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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AIDS: What You Haven't Been Told (1989)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.