TB - Return Of The Plague
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Synopsis
The human stories behind the deadly infection TB

A deadly airborne disease is making a dramatic comeback in Swaziland. Passed on by a simple cough or sneeze, TB is travelling fast and now new, multi-drug resistant variants are starting to appear all over the world.

Multi-BAFTA winning film-maker Jezza Neumann creates a very intimate account of the crippling effects of MDR-TB. We witness victims from two families battling with the disease over the course of a year. We start in deep rural Swaziland near the border of South Africa. Here lives Bheki, a builder who is fanatical about football and who recently learnt that both he and his sister have MDR-TB. As time passes his sister’s condition deteriorates and Bheki starts to become increasingly depressed and suicidal.

Duration
1 x 60'
Definition
HD
Genre
Factual
Subgenre
Documentary Special
Producer
TRUE VISION PRODUCTIONS LTD
Press

“”Anyone can die of TB,” is the powerful message here… Jezza Neumann’s penetrating film visits Swaziland, the epicentre of the disease.” Simon Horsford - The Daily Telegraph

“The most lethal infectious disease in history is making a comeback both abroad and in Britain, as revealed in this terrifying documentary.”
The Mail on Sunday

“Hugh Bonneville narrates this terribly sad new film about the resurgence of TB in Swaziland.”
Daily Mail