The ACT UP Diaries
Posted on April 19, 2013 by A&U in Movies & TV, The Arts
[FILM] The ACT UP Diaries by Mateo Wilhelm Ebert Reviewed by Rob Zukowski Created by Mateo Wilhelm Ebert, a member of ACT UP NY, the ACT UP Diaries is a video compilation made from 1985–1992. It was a critical time in history; one whose impact would shape future generations and help ensure their survival. On [...]
Enchanting Evening
Posted on May 21, 2012 by A&U in Music, Dance & Theater, The Arts
Through Music and Composers Who Created It, a New Film Tells the Story of the AIDS Crisis by Chip Alfred It began with a chance meeting between two of the most unlikely collaborators. When eccentric seventy-something New York pianist Mimi Stern-Wolfe met exuberant twenty-something Australian filmmaker Rohan Spong, their futures were about to change. After [...]
We Were Here On-Demand
Posted on December 8, 2011 by A&U in Movies & TV, The Arts
On December 9, in honor of World AIDS Day, the AIDS-focused theatrical film We Were Here will make its pay-per-view and video-on-demand debut. A favorite of audiences and critics, We Were Here documents individuals responding to the early AIDS crisis in the U.S. Five witnesses tell their stories, creating a portrait of San Francisco’s gay [...]
Untitled: World AIDS Day/Day With(out) Art Screenings
Posted on November 15, 2011 by A&U in Noteworthy
Visual AIDS is marking 30 years of AIDS by distributing Untitled by Jim Hodges, Encke King, and Carlos Marques da Cruz. The film will be screened nationwide at museums, arts organizations, colleges, community groups on December 1, 2011, also known as World AIDS Day/Day With(out) Art. All screenings are free and open to the public. [...]
