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| And the Band Played On |
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| Date: |
June 12, 2008 |
| Time: |
6:30 - 9:30 p.m. |
| Location: |
Keck Auditorium, Charles Drew University,
1731 East 120th Street,
Los Angeles, CA 90059 |
| Guest Speaker: |
Wilbert Jordan, MD
Founder of Los Angeles’s OASIS Clinic |
| Medical Theme: |
AIDS |
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A superior, made-for-cable film, this Home Box Office adaptation of Randy Shilts's chronicle detailing the emergence of AIDS in America and the fight against bureaucracy and society for a cure is a taut, outrageous, and affecting true-life drama. Matthew Modine is featured as a doctor with the Centers for Disease Control at the time when the first reports of a disease plaguing the gay community were heard. Modine and his colleagues embark on an investigation that resembles a compelling detective story as they try to track the source of the disease and discover a cure. Their efforts are thwarted by an ambivalent government and a turf war between French physicians and a celebrated American researcher who seems to place his own glory above the dead and the dying. Featuring heartfelt performances from a stellar cast, this impassioned film stands as an impressive and important document of one of the darkest eras in modern human history, and a tribute to the spirit of those who sought to save lives.
| Starring: |
Matthew Modine, Alan Alda, Richard Gere, Nathalie Baye, Anjelica Huston |
| Genre: |
Drama |
| Year: |
1993 |
| Run Time: |
140 minutes |
| Rating: |
PG 13 |
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About the speaker: Dr. Wilbert Jordan is the founder of Los Angeles’s OASIS Clinic. In addition to directing OASIS, he also puts in one day a week at its companion Early Intervention Program, serves as chair of the Standards of Care Committee of the HIV Commission of Los Angeles County and frequently gives lectures and presentations outside of his home base.
Born in Arkansas, Dr. Jordan attended Harvard University, where
he received a bachelor’s degree and his M.D. from Case Western Reserve University. After completing several residencies and |
internships, he also received a Master’s in Public Health from UCLA, where he concentrated on Health Services Research.
Although he taught at Howard University and UCLA and briefly had a private practice, Dr. Jordan has been primarily associated with the Charles Drew University and the M.L. King Hospital in Los Angeles, where OASIS is based, for over 30 years. He began his employment there as Director of the Office of Quality Assurance in 1977, and in 1987 became Director of the AIDS Research program. He also teaches Internal Medicine and Family Practice, and he has served as a member of the Admissions Committee for the College of Medicine.
Dr. Jordan has been involved with HIV/AIDS research and prevention almost since the beginning of the epidemic in the early 1980s. Since 1984, when he chaired the AIDS Task Force, he has served on the board of numerous AIDS-related organizations including the Minority AIDS Project, the Los Angeles County Commission on AIDS, Governor’s Task Force on AIDS and the State of California AIDS Drug Formulary Committee. He has also given lectures on HIV/AIDS at many California hospitals as well as conferences of the National Association of Minority Medical Educators and Physicians Association for AIDS Care.
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