And the Band Played On is a 1993 American television film docudrama directed by Roger Spottiswoode. The teleplay by Arnold Schulman is based on the best-selling 1987 non-fiction book And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic by Randy Shilts

ATBPO is story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific community and goverment mishandeling that hampered greatly the early fight of the disease.

Starring:  Matthew Modine, Alan Alda, Richard Gere, and Angelica Huston

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