Positive

The Gay Community's Response to AIDS

Positive — Plot

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 date
• May 4, 1990
• Runtime
• 83 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Rosa von Praunheim

Positive — Cast

Phil Zwickler Self Larry Kramer Self Michael Callen Self Peter Staley Self

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Gary Eller Self

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Diamanda Galás Self

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Jay Corcoran Self

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John Finch Self