In 2015, Cuba became the first country to receive validation from the World Health Organization that it had eliminated mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis. Los Frikis were a group of ...

Spanish-language feature 'Los Frikis' follows young outcasts who willingly contracted HIV to secure food during the island nation’s 'Special Period.' ...

Los Frikis buries a steel-toed boot into your soul for an emotionally charged look a crazy but true slice of history from 1990s Cuba. The post Los Frikis Review: an eye-opening mosh pit of a film!

that he and Nilson learned the true story of "Los Frikis" - a group of impoverished punk rockers in 1990s Cuba who intentionally injected themselves with HIV as a means of securing food ...

A new Spanish-language film out Christmas Day in select markets. "Los Frikis" is inspired by true events in 1990s Cuba. It's estimated that between 200 and 500 people intentionally injected ...

de que no sabía de Los Frikis, pero Eros (su compañero de reparto) me hizo sentir bien, porque me dijo que él tampoco sabía nada y estaba en Cuba, así que no me siento tan mal”, señaló.

“So, the Frikis were very marginalized. It’s a story that even in Cuba is very little known.” Written and directed by American filmmakers Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz, Los ...

In "Los Frikis," set in early 1990s Cuba, hundreds of young, disenfranchised Cubans inject themselves with HIV during the early years of the AIDS epidemic, hoping to escape political repression by ...

Héctor Medina plays Paco in "Los Frikis," based on real events in Cuba in the early 1990s. The movie takes its title from the Spanish translation of the word "freaky." A coming-of-age movie with a ...

that he and Nilson learned the true story of “Los Frikis” — a group of impoverished punk rockers in 1990s Cuba who intentionally injected themselves with HIV as a means of securing food ...