Positiv
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. (queertheory.com)
POSITIVE is von Praunheim's first part of his AIDS trilogy. Together with part 2: SILENCE=DEATH he won the TEDDY JURY AWARD 1990.
Part III: FIRE UNDER YOUR ASS
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Runtime
79 min -
Country
Germany -
Year of Presentation
1990 -
Year of Production
1990 -
Director
Rosa von Praunheim -
Cast
Larry Kramer, Michael Callen, Peter Staley, Gary Eller, Diamanda Gallas, Jay Corcoran, John Finch, Ronald Reagan, Larry Mass, Arnie Kantrowitz, Ed I. Koch, Mark Milano -
Production Company
Rosa von Praunheim Filmproduktion -
Berlinale Section
Panorama -
Berlinale Category
Documentary Film -
Teddy Award Winner
Best Documentary/ Essay Film
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Biography Rosa von Praunheim
Born in Riga, in 1942. He studied at the University of Art and Design Offenbach am Main and at the Berlin University of the Arts. In 1967, von Praunheim directed his first short films. He made his cinema breakthrough in 1971 with the documentary Nicht der Homosexuelle ist pervers, sondern die Situation, in der er lebt.
Filmography Rosa von Praunheim
1971 Nicht der Homosexuelle ist pervers, sondern die Situation, in der er lebt | 2016 Welcome All Sexes: 30 Jahre Teddy Awards | 2017 Überleben in Neukölln