30 Years from Here

As a result of the Holocaust and later, AIDS, the male homosexual community has sustained bitter losses and, according to Praunheim, lesbian women have now placed themselves at the head of the so-called queer movement. The female protagonists in the film represent two different generations; they also incorporate the past and present st...

Runtime

1h 27m

Director

Rosa von Praunheim

Cast

Maren Kroymann

Controversial documentary about gay men purposely contracting the AIDS virus.

Runtime

1h 2m

Director

Louise Hogarth

Cast

Doug Hitzel

A moving personal documentary about Danny, a friend of Kybartas who died of an AIDS-related illness in 1986. This powerful work explores the reason for Danny’s return home and his attempts to reconcile his relationship with his family members who had difficulty facing his homosexuality and his imminent death.

Runtime

20m

Director

Stashu Kybartas

Outraged by the controversial January, 1988 article in Cosmopolitan magazine, the women in the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, (Act Up, New York), organized the first AIDS demonstration focused on women. Doctors, Liars and Women:AIDS Activists Say No To Cosmo not only documents the efforts of the Women's Committee to organize this pro...

Runtime

23m

Director

Maria Maggenti, Jean Carlomusto

A documentary film about AIDS and one unconventional woman's efforts to educate her small, Southern community. DiAna DiAna is a local hairdresser who transformed her beauty parlor into a center for AIDS and safe sex information.

Runtime

30m

Director

Ellen Spiro