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PBS Independent Lens presents UNDETECTABLE

To air nationally beginning October 19, 2001, at 9:00pm. Check with your local PBS station for date and time. Channel 13, WNET, New York, November 4, 2001 11:30pm; KOPB, Portland, October 28, 11:30pm; WVIZ, Cleveland, October 31, 11pm; many more dates to come... UNDETECTABLE examines over three years the complex physical and psychological effects of the multi-drug therapies for HIV disease on three women and three men of various ethnic and cultural backgrounds. UNDETECTABLE looks to the next stage of the AIDS crisis: how those affected deal for the first time with hope, and how the fortunate number who respond to the drugs face both a grueling treatment regimen and the challenge of rebuilding their lives during a reprieve from what was formerly a death sentence. For many there are devastating side effects; one in five copes with the desperation and frustration that accompanies the failure of therapy.