YANA LIASHKOVICH | RESEARCHER

“I’m an editor at the Baltic edition of Novaya Gazeta. I grew up in Belarus and know the social context of the country. This film is highly important as it gives a sense of the AIDS issue in Eastern Europe. For Belarusians, the town of Svietlahorsk is notorious as a “no-go zone” due to the HIV epidemic there. For many years, we have witnessed how media clichés have replaced people and their tragedies. It is now time to make a change.”