Positive (1990 film)

Positive
Directed by	Rosa von Praunheim
Screenplay by	Rosa von Praunheim
Produced by	Rosa von Praunheim Phil Zwickler
Starring	Phil Zwickler Larry Kramer Michael Callen
Cinematography	Mike Kuchar Elfi Mikesch Evan Estern
Edited by	Rosa von Praunheim Mike Shephard
Production company	Rosa Von Praunheim Filmproduktion
Distributed by	First Run Features.
Release date	4 May 1990
Running time	60 minutes
Countries	United States West Germany
Language	English

Positive is a 1990 documentary film directed, written and produced by Rosa von Praunheim. The film follows Silence = Death as the second part of von Praunheim and Phil Zwickler's trilogy about AIDS and activism.^[1]

This film documents New York City’s gay community's response to the AIDS crisis during the 1980s as they were forced to organize themselves after the government's slow response to stem the epidemic. Activist who are interviewed include New York filmmaker and journalist Phil Zwickler, playwright and gay activist Larry Kramer and musician Michael Callen who co-founded people with AIDS Coalition.^[2] Framing the individual stories of these three men is a chronicle of the creation of the Gay Men's Health Crisis, ACT- UP and Queer Nation as the gay community confronted the AIDS epidemic.^[1] The film was awarded the Queer-Film-Prize of the Berlin International Film Festival.^[3]

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References[]

• Kuzniar, Alice A, The Queer German Cinema, Stanford University Press, 2000, ISBN 0-8047-3995-1
• Murray, Raymond. Images in the Dark: An Encyclopedia of Gay and Lesbian Film and Video Guide to the Cinema of Spain. TLA Publications, 1994, ISBN 1-880707-01-2

External links[]

• Positive at IMDb

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