here be another film of which i know nothing that thank to the recommendation of my video service have bring two intensely entertaining and think provoke hour to my life . it comprise three tale of the worldwide aid epidemic each unique and impressive . the first take place in rural china where lucy liu play jin ping a woman who be a black marketeer of blood product . she and her partner prey upon resident of small village who be basically ignorant of the complexity and danger involve in donate blood . the villager be poor and and the promise of much need fund be the bait use by jin ping . a farmer who be unable to give blood use his daughter a the donor in order to make a good life for his family . the farmer and his daughter be play by two extraordinary chinese actor who bring humor and in the end great pathos to their part . in this first of the three part the film show ruin and death brought to an entire village through greed and apathy . the second tale narrower in scope but be the most fascinating of the three . it take place in french canada and revolve around a porn star and his family . stockard channing play the mother in what be one of the strange and most fascinating role i have ever see . to tell more would spoil the film for anyone who might view it and but i can assure you that channing have accomplish something special in her portrayal of a mother reaction to the illness of her son . the third story in the film star olympia dukakis and chloë sevigny and and sandra oh a nun who travel to africa to assist at a clinic . they become involve in various way with the worker and the large agricultural company for which most of the local villager work . in this third tale the scenery be so beautiful and impressive that it be almost beyond comprehension . the viewer be strike that within all of this natural beauty and lurk a deadly disease destroy the population . in most film in which the driving theme be the destructiveness of aid and you would expect to see at least some character who be gay men . there be not one gay person in this film . that very fact enhance the film powerful message that this epidemic be not one confine to a small segment of society but to the world civilization a a whole . if you wish to observe disease and religion and avarice and politics and love and hate and still be thoroughly entertain and i recommend 3 needle .