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"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.

Release DateMay 4, 1990
StatusReleased
Original TitleDie Aids-Trilogie: Positiv – Die Antwort schwuler Männer in New York auf AIDS
Runtime1h 23min
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LanguageEnglish
Original LanguageGerman
Production CountriesGermany
Production CompaniesRosa von Praunheim FilmproduktionWDR

Part of

AIDS Trilogy

Includes: Positive, Silence = Death, Fire Under Your Ass

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