House of Numbers: Anatomy of an Epidemic

House of Numbers: Anatomy of an Epidemic
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Directed byBrent Leung
Written byLlewellyn Chapman
Produced byBrent Leung
Ursula Rowan
StarringBrent Leung
CinematographyMatt Coale
Pouria Montazeri
Edited byBrent Leung
Ursula Rowan
Music byJoel Diamond
Release date
  • 21 June 2009 (2009-06-21)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

House of Numbers: Anatomy of an Epidemic is a 2009 film directed, produced, and hosted by Brent Leung and described by him as an objective examination of the idea that HIV causes AIDS.[1] The film argues that human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is harmless and does not cause acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), a position known as AIDS denialism.[2][1][3] The film's claims of impartiality have been widely rejected by scientists, and the film's claims about HIV and AIDS have been dismissed as pseudoscience and conspiracy theory masquerading as even-handed examination.[4][5][6]

A group of scientists interviewed for the film later complained that their comments had been misrepresented and taken out of context, and that the film promotes pseudoscience.[4][5] The film also interviews Christine Maggiore, a prominent AIDS denialist who later died following AIDS-related conditions.[7]

  1. ^ a b Jacobs, Ethan (April 22, 2009). "Crazy 'House'". Bay Windows. Archived from the original on July 29, 2014. Retrieved September 8, 2009.
  2. ^ Specter, Michael (Oct 29, 2009). Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Harms the Planet and Threatens Our Lives. Penguin. ISBN 9780715639436. Retrieved April 17, 2015.
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  5. ^ a b Burki T (2009). "House of Numbers". Lancet Infect Dis. 9 (12): 735. doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(09)70316-0.
  6. ^ David Aaronovitch (2009-12-19). "A Conspiracy-Theory Theory. How to fend off the people who insist they know the 'real story' behind everything". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
  7. ^ "Christine Maggiore died of AIDS". AIDStruth.org. 2009-03-09. Archived from the original on 2011-08-21. Retrieved 2011-02-01. Death certificate Archived 2012-01-03 at the Wayback Machine.