No Sad Songs

The world's first major documentary on AIDS.

No Sad Songs — Plot

Jim Black, a 37-year-old Canadian talks about the AIDS that is killing him. He talks about his life and his friends and how his brother's family has rejected him. Catherine Hunt is a Canadian woman whose brother is dying of AIDS. These personal stories are presented with excerpts from a series of performances by Canadian musicians and performance artists in order to give the viewer a bigger picture of the impact of this disease.

• Release date
• June 15, 1985
• Runtime
• 63 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Nik Sheehan

No Sad Songs — Cast

M

Martha Cronen Martha

D

David MacLean Monologue artist

D

David Roche Fireman

D

David Sereda Organist Joe Norman Shaw Jim

H

Henry Van Rijk Preacher

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Ian Watson Young man with AIDS