''The Broadcast Tapes of Dr. Peter'' is a 1993 Canadian

documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bil ...

produced by Arthur Ginsberg. It was nominated for an

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for

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. The film is based upon the video diary of

Peter Jepson-Young Peter Jepson-Young, M.D. (June 8, 1957 – November 15, 1992), better known as Dr. Peter, was a Canadian medical doctor who promoted HIV/AIDS awareness and education in the early 1990s through his regular segment on CBC Television news broadcasts ...

, better known as "Dr. Peter", which documented his life as a person with

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. The film was originally broadcast as an episode of the

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documentary series ''

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'', and was later picked up for broadcast in the United States by

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.Hester Riches, "HBO to broadcast B.C. man's AIDS diaries". ''

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'', June 15, 1993.

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Direct Cinema Limited Mitchell Block (born c. 1950) is an American filmmaker, primarily a producer of documentary films. He was executive producer of the 2000 short documentary film '' Big Mama'', which won Best Documentary (Short Subject) at the 73rd Academy Awards ...

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