My Own Country (1998)

Synopsis: Acclaimed director Nair (KAMA SUTRA: A TALE OF LOVE) helmed this gripping Showtime drama about an Indian doctor in rural Tennessee, Abraham Verghese, who treats the first AIDS patients diagnosed... Acclaimed director Nair (KAMA SUTRA: A TALE OF LOVE) helmed this gripping Showtime drama about an Indian doctor in rural Tennessee, Abraham Verghese, who treats the first AIDS patients diagnosed there. The victims include a conservative Christian couple who have hid their disease for fear of rejection, as well a trucker's wife who has contracted the disease from her husband. Obviously, the disease causes severe turmoil for these people, who have to come to grips not only with the disease, but how they contracted it and how they will be viewed once people know they have it. Nair focuses not only on how the victims and their families react to their disease, but the impact it has on Verghese, whose struggle to contain the virus consumes him, at the expense of his family. A powerful and moving drama that is made all the more poignant by the knowledge that it is a true story. [More]

Starring: Naveen Andrews, Glenne Headly, Hal Holbrook, Swoosie Kurtz

Starring: Naveen Andrews, Glenne Headly, Hal Holbrook, Swoosie Kurtz, Marisa Tomei, Adam Tomei, Sean Hewitt

Director: Mira Nair

Director: Mira Nair
Screenwriter: Sooni Taraporevala, Jim Leonard

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