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To Live Is Better Than to Die
To Live Is Better Than to Die
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TO LIVE IS BETTER THAN TO DIE

Hao si bu ru lai huo zhe

Directed by Chen Weijun
China, 2003
Documentary

Synopsis

Director Weijun Chen spent months in Wenlou, a small village in central China, where 60% of the villagers are infected with HIV. The virus was spread when villagers in the early 1990s sold their blood in order to make a little extra money.

Synopsis

Director Weijun Chen spent months in Wenlou, a small village in central China, where 60% of the villagers are infected with HIV. The virus was spread when villagers in the early 1990s sold their blood in order to make a little extra money.