The Project



From the HIV crisis to the outbreak of Ebola, big pharma companies have put the pursuit of profit above the lives of ordinary people for decades. TWO WORLDS is a series of short films about this industry, through the eyes of people fighting to change it.  

Each film is a personal testimony from the sharp end of a deeply unjust system. But these are also stories of hope. They show doctors, patients and international movements organising to resist profiteering. And scientists working together to build a new way of making medicines for the common good.

Films

George

When a deadly outbreak of Ebola hit West Africa in 2014, decades of big pharma neglect meant there were no antiviral vaccines or treatments to treat it.

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Sibongile

At the peak of the HIV crisis in South Africa, companies refused to lower the price for key treatments below $10,000 - leaving people like Sibongile fighting for access.

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Bill

Working as a frontline doctor in Kenya during the pandemic, Bill faced a tough choice when his mother couldn’t access a vaccine.

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Ana Paula, Patricia AND Emile

After pharma companies refused to share their Covid-19 vaccine patents, scientists in South Africa and Brazil took matters into their own hands.

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Tarun

Big pharma profiteering priced Tarun’s family out of essential blood clotting drugs to treat his haemophilia.

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Zackie

When big pharma giants refused to make vital HIV medicines available to anyone but the richest in South Africa, Zackie took a stand.

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Halima and Zarina

After Pakistan’s suffered its worst ever floods in 2022, a health crisis followed, with millions struggling to access key medications .

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Take Action



The pharmaceutical system is broken. After the pandemic, we now all know that big companies will put profit before people’s lives even in the most deadly of crises. 

We need a change. Join the campaign for a new pharma system that puts lives before profits.      



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Film Makers



These films were directed and shot by filmmakers from six countries across three continents: Hanan Abdalla, Paul Atenya, Tazeen Bari, Christine Boateng, Laura Castro and Jackson Gondo.  

We’re very grateful to Soren Kloch, Cat Villiers and Peter Webber for all their support as executive producers. 

The films were edited by Jens Bidstrup, Frances Freeman and Folasade Oyeleye.

Global Justice Now


Global Justice Now is part of a global movement to challenge the powerful and create a more just and equal world. We mobilise people in the UK for change, and act in solidarity with those fighting injustice, particularly in the global south.

Contact



For media enquiries please contact anita.bhadani@globaljustice.org.uk

For general enquiries contact twoworlds@globaljustice.org.uk