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WIDE ANGLE explores the role of Angola's military, the only functioning arm of the state, in its bold attempt to combat the AIDS pandemic.

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Photographs of the military in Angola as they travel the country trying to combat the AIDS epidemic.

(July 24, 2003) WIDE ANGLE explores the role of the Angolan military, the only functioning arm of the state, in its bold attempt to combat the AIDS pandemic. The challenges it faces offer an arresting portrait of a nation at a crucial moment in history.