Fresh Air, Jon Cohen and Bronwen Hughes, August 11, 2004 (Nonfiction)

Fresh Air, Jon Cohen and Bronwen Hughes, August 11, 2004 (Nonfiction): Journalist Jon Cohen and film director Bronwen Hughes on this edition of Fresh Air. Cohen recently finished a four-part series on HIV/AIDS in Asia for the journal Science. In researching the series, he traveled to six countries, talking to doctors, patients, public health officials, sex workers, and drug users. Cohen has been writing on the AIDS epidemic for 15 years, and he's written a book on the search for a vaccine, Shots in the Dark. Hughes' new film, Stander, is based on the true story of Andre Stander, a young white policeman in Johannesburg, South Africa, in the 1970s who becomes a notorious bank robber. To South Africans, Stander became a sort of Butch Cassidy type figure. Stander's friends believe his rebellion began in reaction to the Tembisa student uprisings in 1976. Stander served on Riot Duty then to quell political protests against the Apartheid system. What he witnessed and did there affected him deeply and turned him against the system he'd upheld. Hughes' previous films are Forces of Nature and Harriet the Spy. (Broadcast Date: August 11, 2004)

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  Journalist Jon Cohen and film director Bronwen Hughes on this edition of Fresh Air. Cohen recently finished a four-part series on HIV/AIDS in Asia for the journal Science. In researching the series, he traveled to six countries, talking to doctors, patients, public health officials, sex workers, and drug users. Cohen has been writing on the AIDS epidemic for 15 years, and he's written a book on the search for a vaccine, Shots in the Dark. Hughes' new film, Stander, is based on the true story of Andre Stander, a young white policeman in Johannesburg, South Africa, in the 1970s who becomes a notorious bank robber. To South Africans, Stander became a sort of Butch Cassidy type figure. Stander's friends believe his rebellion began in reaction to the Tembisa student uprisings in 1976. Stander served on Riot Duty then to quell political protests against the Apartheid system. What he witnessed and did there affected him deeply and turned him against the system he'd upheld. Hughes' previous films are Forces of Nature and Harriet the Spy. (Broadcast Date: August 11, 2004) — Source: Apple iTunes Store