Art | Global Health Center seeks AIDS relief with ‘Through Positive Eyes’ art project

The video begins with soft humming.

A shaky camera follows two-toned walls as it approaches the wooden door to an apartment. The shot steadies as a beaming woman opens the door and leans back as she begins to laugh.

The woman is Maria Aparecida Lemos, 54, who has been living with AIDS in Rio de Janeiro since 2000.