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Positive- VHS

80 minutes, color, 1990

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Description

A film by Rosa von Praunheim

"This is our holocaust, New York City is our Auschwitz, Ronald Reagan is our Hitler."

New York City's Gay Community's response to the AIDS crisis is powerfully documented in Positive. Rosa von Praunheim has captured the spirit of activism generated by playwright Larry Kramer, musician and co-founder of People with AIDS Coalition (PWAC) Michael Callen, and New York filmmaker and journalist Phil Zwickler. They have chosen to act and speak out, refusing to be "AIDS Victims." Having neither the time nor the patience to mince words, groups like ACT-UP, Queer Nation, and Gay Men's Health Crisis demand a response to the epidemic that has threatened to annihilate them, by a society that would rather ignore them. There is a sense of strength and determination in this film that makes it an immensely important historical document.


"Uncompromising, political graphic looks from the inside... it's easy to get caught up in the passion of the subject." - New York Newsday

"Scorching... an inside history of the AIDS movement." - New York Times

"A call to arms... raw, involving eloquence... seething with rage and disbelief." - Village Voice