Positive

Deutschland, 1990
Length
79 minutes
Director
Phil Zwickler
Cast
  • Phil Zwickler
  • Larry Kramer
  • Michael Callen
  • Peter Staley
  • Gary Eller
  • Diamanda Gallas
  • Jay Corcoran
  • John Finch
  • Ronald Reagan
  • Larry Mass
  • Arnie Kantrowitz
  • Ed I. Koch
  • Mark Milano

Content

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. (queertheory.com)

POSITIVE is von Praunheim's first part of his AIDS trilogy. Together with part 2: SILENCE=DEATH he won the TEDDY JURY AWARD 1990.

Part III: FIRE UNDER YOUR ASS

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Credits

Production company
Rosa von Praunheim Filmproduktion
Original title
Positiv