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Quiet Heroes will make its broadcast television debut on Thursday, August 23 on LOGO. Quiet Heroes tells the incredibly touching story of how a doctor in Salt Lake City risked everything to help treat individuals infected with AIDS in the early days of the epidemic.
In conservative Salt Lake City, Utah, at the height of the AIDS crisis, patients in the entire state of Utah relied on only one doctor, Dr. Ries. Quiet Heroes tells her story. And, the story of her fight to save a maligned population everyone else seemed willing to just let die. Under the patriarchal Mormon community, many doctors took a hands-off approach, unwilling to "risk their lives" to save individuals who participated in, what they considered to be, sinful behavior. Dr. Ries, had just moved to Salt Lake City when the crisis began and knew that people needed help, offering assistance to everyone from gay men to young mothers infected by the disease. Through her journey, Dr. Ries found love with her longtime partner (in her practice and her life) Maggie, and the two were able to create a positive wave of change in the Salt Lake City community.
