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By Marcia Wade Talbert | Published April 29, 2010 | Full size is 500 × 320 pixels

During a Q&A with filmmakers after the screening, members of the audience, including AIDS activist Larry Kramer, voiced outrage at what they say was U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin and President Barack Obama’s slow response to the epidemic. In her defense, Benjamin, whose brother died of AIDS 15 years ago, explained that the administration has done a number of things to draw attention to HIV/AIDS, including the creation of the Office of National AIDS Policy. Clockwise: Roland Martin, who moderated the panel; John Legend, who wrote six songs for the documentary; Susan Koch, who directed “The Other City;” Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, who wrote the screenplay based on his reporting of the topic; Jehmu Greene, president of the Womens Media Center; and Benjamin.

During a Q&A with filmmakers after the screening, members of the audience, including AIDS activist…