5B (2018)
Popularity3.5/5
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2025-09 to 2026-08
Directors
Dan Krauss, Paul Haggis
The story
5B is the inspirational story celebrating the nurses and caregivers of the first AIDS ward unit in the United States. It is told through first-person testimony of nurses and caregivers of Ward 5B in 1983 at San Francisco General Hospital, as well as the testimonies of patients, loved ones, and staff who volunteered to create care practices based in humanity and holistic well-being during an uncertain period of American history.
Genres
Documentation, LGBTQ-related film, documentary film
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