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Positive (1990)

Positive (1990)

Documentary

The Gay Community's Response to AIDS

Release Date: 1990, May 4
Directors: Rosa von Praunheim
Countries: Germany
Production: Rosa von Praunheim Filmproduktion, WDR
Cast: Ronald Reagan, Diamanda Galás, Michael Callen, Larry Kramer, Ed Koch, Peter Staley, Phil Zwickler, Gary Eller, John Finch, Arnie Kantrowitz

Overview:

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.