In the summer of 1981, reports appeared of an outbreak of rare opportunistic infections. This new mystery disease, seemingly limited to gay men, did not look as if it posed much of a threat to anyone else. The media, which usually could be counted on to make the most of these situations, decided the story held little interest. Matthew Modine stars in And The Band Played On, the dramatization of Randy Shilts' best seller chronicling the early years of the AIDS epidemic when a handful of individuals fought indifference, prejudice, ignorance and politics to battle a deadly epidemic that would soon change the face of the world. Emmy Winner
