電影內容改編自藍迪·席爾茲的著作《乐队继续演奏(英语:And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic)》,以一名於美国疾病控制与预防中心工作的流行病学醫生為中心,帶出愛滋病從發現到找出病毒期間,美國列根政府及其餘各界對此病的態度。
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