DENIS PETRINA | RESEARCHER

“I am a PhD candidate in philosophy at the Lithuanian Culture Research Institute. My academic interests include the body, subjectivity, as well as social and political equality. I truly believe the issue of AIDS in a marginal European town, which Andrei addresses in his movie, is crucially important. While in Western Europe people with AIDS have overcome social exclusion and are equal members of the society, it is painful to admit that in Eastern Europe (and my homeland is no exception) these individuals are still neglected, ignored and stigmatized. Andrei’s movie is not only a means to establish an international dialogue and draw global attention to this atrocious fact, but is also an attempt to give a voice to those who have too long been deprived of it.”