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''Fire in the Blood'' is an internationally acclaimed 2013 documentary by Dylan Mohan Gray depicting the mass devastation brought about in Africa, Asia and other parts the global South due to intentional obstruction of low-cost antiretroviral drugs used for treatment of HIV/AIDS from reaching people in these countries, spearheaded by Western pharmaceutical companies armed with patent monopolies and the governments (above all those of the United States, European Union and Switzerland) doing their bidding. The documentary also shows how the battle against this blockade, estimated to have resulted in ten- to twelve million unnecessary deaths, was fought and (at least for the time being) won. ''Fire in the Blood'' features contributions from former US President Bill Clinton, intellectual property activist James Love, global health reporter Donald McNeil, Jr. of ''The New York Times'', HIV/AIDS treatment activist Zackie Achmat, pioneering generic drugmaker Yusuf Hamied, former Pfizer executive-turned-whistleblower Peter Rost, Ugandan AIDS physician Peter Mugyenyi, and Nobel Prize-laureates Desmond Tutu and Joseph Stiglitz.〔 The film is narrated by Academy-Award winning actor William Hurt, who lent his voice to the film on a ''pro bono'' basis because he felt the story and subject matter were so important. In November 2013, ''Fire in the Blood'' set a new all-time record for the longest theatrical run by any non-fiction feature film in Indian history (five weeks).〔(Bolly Spice, 2 November 2013: ''Indian cocumentary Fire in the Blood breaks record for longest run in Indian cinemas ) Re-linked 2014-11-01〕 It is the first Indian non-fiction feature to be theatrically released in either the US or the UK.〔 ==Production== The Indian-Irish film director Dylan Mohan Gray first came to know of the issue in 2004, after he read an article in the ''The Economist'' about the battle between pharmaceutical companies and the global public health community over access to lower-cost AIDS drugs for Africa. He decided to make the film three years later.〔 The film was shot on four continents from March 2008 to the end of 2010, while editing was completed in 2012. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fire in the Blood (2013 film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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