January 19, 2011
Julian Wooten, a graduate student in the Division of Molecular Pharmaceutics, has directed a documentary about the state of the HIV/AIDS movement in North Carolina. The film, “Heart to HARRT: The State of the Movement,” was released in early December 2010 for World AIDS Day and focuses on people in North Carolina who are living with the disease.
Wooten says the goal of the film is to spread education and awareness about HIV/AIDS. He says he was inspired to make the documentary after noticing that much of the work he had seen on the topic was done many years ago.
“It also seemed to me that HIV/AIDS had become a secondary topic as many people have the impression that it is no longer a danger or relevant,” he says.
Wooten and his team are currently working on an extended version of the documentary, and a viewing schedule will be released in March 2011.
- A Q&A in the Daily Tar Heel with Wooten about the film
- A story about the film in the News & Observer
- A story about the film in The Herald-Sun
Film trailer
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