A Closer Walk

A Closer Walk
Logo for A Closer Walk
Directed byRobert Bilheimer
Produced byRobert Bilheimer
Heidi Ostertag (co-producer)
Bill Stetson (co-producer)
Narrated byGlenn Close
Will Smith
CinematographyRichard Young
Edited byAnthony DeLuca
Distributed byWorldwide Documentaries
Release date
  • 2003 (2003)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

A Closer Walk is Robert Bilheimer's documentary film about the global AIDS epidemic.[1] Narrated by Glenn Close and Will Smith, A Closer Walk features cinematography by Richard D. Young, interviews with the Dalai Lama, Bono, and Kofi Annan, and musical contributions by Annie Lennox, The Neville Brothers, Dido, Eric Clapton, Moby, Geoffrey Oryema, and Sade.[2]

Subjects and storylines encompass the broad spectrum of the global AIDS experience and include people with HIV/AIDS from all walks of life; AIDS children and orphans and those caring for them; doctors, nurses, and social workers; human rights advocates; and prominent scientists, economists, researchers, government leaders, and NGO officials. The film's basic themes remain, what are the underlying causes of AIDS; the relationship between health, dignity, and human rights; and the universal need for action, compassion, and commitment to counter what has become the worst plague in human history.