Keith Haring was a member and supporter of ACT UP from the late 1980s until he died of AIDS-related complications in 1990 at age 31. The film honors the rise of the AIDS activist community in New York City, led by participants who refused to die without a fight. Facing the injustice of a crisis largely ignored by government and health organizations, courageous HIV-positive community members led protests to raise awareness of the disease and demand humane treatment. Containing footage shot over a decade by participants, the documentary remembers the fight to make AIDS survival possible. Featuring the songs of Arthur Russell. 2012, US, DCP, 111 min.
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Bio
David France is an award-winning journalist and bestselling author who has been writing about AIDS since 1982, beginning in gay community papers. He is one of the best-known chroniclers of the epidemic, having continued in The New York Times, where he was an AIDS news writer in the 1990s; Newsweek, where he was senior editor for investigations until 2003; and GQ and New York magazine, where he is a contributing editor. France has received the National Headliner Award and the GLAAD Media Award, and has seen his work inspire several films. How to Survive a Plague (2012) was France’s directorial debut, airing on PBS’s Independent Lens and winning a Peabody Award. Considered the definitive history of AIDS activism, his book with the same title was published in 2016.
Content and Accessibility Notes
Contains police brutality.
To support the health and safety of visitors at increased risk for COVID-19, masks are required at the screening on Saturday, July 27, and encouraged for the screening on Friday, July 26. Accommodations are available if someone in your party is unable to tolerate masking. Please email access@walkerart.org or call 612-375-7561 for more information.
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