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Buddies (1985)

Buddies (1985)

Drama

The first dramatic movie about AIDS

Release Date: 1985, September 12
Directors: Arthur J. Bressan, Jr.
Countries: United States of America
Production: Film and Video Workshop
Cast: David Rose, Billy Lux, Tracy Vivat, Geoff Edholm, David Schachter, Libby Saines, Joyce Korn, Susan Schneider, Damon Hairston

Overview:

David, a naive graduate student, has volunteered to work as a 'buddy' for people dying of AIDS. Assigned to the intensely political Robert, a lifelong activist whose friends and family have abandoned him following his diagnosis, the two men, each with notably different world views, soon discover common bonds, as David's inner activist awakens and Robert's need for emotional release is fulfilled.

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