‘It’s a Sin’ star Omari Douglas explains the 1980s AIDS epidemic in the UK

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‘It’s a Sin’ star Omari Douglas explains the 1980s AIDS epidemic in the UK
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It's a Sin, the hit miniseries from Channel 4 (and now streaming on HBO Max) follows the lives of young people directly affected by the AIDS crisis in 1980s UK. Omari Douglas, who plays Roscoe Babatunde, spoke to us about development of and response to the epidemic and the progress made over the last 40 years.

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