Eve - Gloria's Story

In 1982 Eve Van Grafhorst contracted HIV via a blood transfusion she received after being born prematurely. Hysteria about the disease led to Van Grafhorst being cast as a pariah in her Australian community, and in 1986 she and her family fled to Hastings in New Zealand. She became an AIDS poster child and helped shift attitudes to the disease. This documentary, which screened on TVNZ eight months after her November 1993 death, tells her story through the eyes of her mother, who is interviewed by broadcaster Paul Holmes (a friend of Eve).

There's not many people that can face death with her eyes open, and she did. She died with her eyes open.

– Gloria Carey (nee Van Grafhorst)

Key Cast & Crew

Richard Williams

Camera

Paul Holmes

Presenter

Chas Toogood

Director, Producer

Alan Barnes

Post-Production

Terry Murphy

Sound Mix

Sonnia Meenan

Editor