"It's a Sin", "Prides" and the AIDS years in the series

SERIELAND RECO - Canal + has just unveiled "It's a Sin", the new series from the creator of "Years and Years".

It stages in London a group of young people confronted with the rise of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. How do the fictions stage the ravages of the virus?

Is "It's a Sin" realistic?

Are series a prevention tool?

To answer these questions and understand the political and health context of the time, Eva Roque surrounded herself with journalist Margaux Baralon and Fred Colby, blogger, journalist and activist in the fight against AIDS.

Since March 22, Canal + has been broadcasting

It's a Sin

, a flamboyant series by Russell T. Davies, to whom we also owe

Years and Years

and

Queer as Folk

.

Homophobia, exclusion of HIV-positive people, lack of information and political management… The series depicts the devastating beginnings of the AIDS epidemic. 

From

Pride

on Amazon Prime, to

Pose

on Netflix via

Emergency

... How has the representation of characters suffering from HIV, the AIDS virus, evolved in the series?

Can they help to change the way we look at the disease?

In SERIELAND, Eva Roque is interested in

It's a Sin

and other series that evoke the AIDS years, with the serivorous journalist Margaux Baralon and Fred Colby, blogger, activist and editor at

Remaides,

the journal of the association for the fight against HIV AIDS. 

Recce of the week:

It's a Sin 

A group of young British people settled in London in 1981, but the time for recklessness was brief.

The AIDS virus is spreading.

The epidemic affects their friends and companions and turns their lives upside down. 

The creator Russell T. Davies (

Years and Years,

Queer as Folk

) manages, despite the gravity of the subject, to instill a wind of frenzy and enthusiasm.

It's an informative series that realistically deals with some form of denial of the epidemic when it first emerged.

It aptly testifies to the ignorance of the disease and the fears of some homosexuals that the virus is a conspiracy directed against them ... 

It's a Sin

also portrays the homophobic climate of the 1980s, the loneliness of HIV patients and ravages of this disease. 

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The backstage column:

How Emergencies

changed the image of people living with HIV

In 1995, the writers of the cult medical series Urgences decided that one of their recurring characters would be HIV-positive.

Far from the usual clichés, Jeanie Boulet is a black woman, heterosexual, suffering from HIV who nevertheless continues to live like everyone else. 

SERIELAND also recommends you: Staged 

David Tennant and Michael Sheen, two famous comedians were to star in a play but the coronavirus pandemic has shaken their plans.

Their director, Simon Evans, manages to convince them to continue the rehearsals by videoconference ...

Staged is a

master of British humor.

Connection problems, lack of privacy, home schooling ... The series makes us relive the joys of confinement.

Between fiction and reality, it blurs the genres.

The actors play their own role, by using self-mockery, they also participate in giving a satirical vision of the life of an actor. 

Guest: Fred Colby 

Fred Colby has been a blogger, activist in the fight against HIV for 10 years and editor for

Remaides

,

the journal of the AIDES association.

He is also the author of the book

T'as pas le SIDA, I hope

published by Librinova. 

Guest crush:

Murder 

Annalize Keating, a respected lawyer and professor of criminal law, welcomes, as every year, a handful of promising students to her firm.

But everything goes wrong, when his young recruits find themselves involved in a dark murder case ... 

Murder

is a series by Shonda Rhimes, to whom we also owe

Grey's Anatomy

and

The Chronicle of the Bridgertons

.

There are elements dear to his fictions: characters with complex psychology and a fair representation of black actors.

In

Murder,

Annalize Keating, played by Viola Davis, is particularly nuanced.

She is a powerful black woman, bisexual, plagued by many neuroses.

We can also underline the audacity of the series.

She is one of the few to have dared to portray a homosexual couple confronted with HIV on a national television channel.

The SERIELAND team: 

Author and presentation: Eva Roque

Director: Christophe Pierrot

Editorial project manager: Timothée Magot 

Columnists: Clémence Olivier, Margaux Baralon

Distribution and publishing: Salomé Journo

Preparation: Magali Butault

Graphics: Karelle Villais

Director of Europe 1 Studio: Olivier Lendresse