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1990

Positive

Directed by Rosa von Praunheim
The Gay Community's Response to AIDS

This film powerfully documents New York City's gay community's response to the AIDS crisis as they are forced to organize themselves after the government's failure to stem the epidemic. Activists who are interviewed include playwrite Larry Kramer, People With AIDS Coalition co-founder Michael Callen (who died of AIDS in 1994), New York filmmaker and journalist Phil Zwickler, as well as representatives from ACT-UP, Queer Nation and the Gay Men's Health Crisis.

Duration

1h 23m

Released

May 4, 1990

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Cast13

  • Phil Zwickler
  • Larry Kramer
  • Michael Callen
  • Peter Staley
  • Gary Eller
  • Diamanda Galás
  • Jay Corcoran
  • John Finch
  • Arnie Kantrowitz

Part ofThe AIDS Trilogy

Includes Positive (1990), Silence = Death (1990), and Fire Under Your Ass (1990).

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