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Die Aids-Trilogie: Positiv – Die Antwort schwuler Männer in New York auf AIDS

“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.

Director

Rosa von Praunheim

Screenplay

Rosa von Praunheim

Status

Released

Release date

04/05/1990

Original language

German