Positive (1990 film)

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Positive
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Directed by Rosa von Praunheim
Screenplay by Rosa von Praunheim
Produced byRosa von Praunheim
Phil Zwickler
Starring Larry Kramer
Michael Callen
Diamanda Galás
Cinematography Mike Kuchar
Elfi Mikesch
Evan Estern
Edited byRosa von Praunheim
Mike Shephard
Production
company
Rosa Von Praunheim Filmproduktion
Distributed byFirst Run Features.
Release date
  • 4 May 1990 (1990-05-04)
Running time
60 minutes
CountriesUnited States
West Germany
LanguageEnglish

Positive is a 1990 documentary film directed, written and produced by Rosa von Praunheim (in cooperation with Phil Zwickler). The film received international resonance. [1]

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Plot

Positive is about how the gay community in New York City and its activists dealt with the AIDS crisis. The film's protagonists include AIDS activists Larry Kramer and Diamanda Galás. [2]

Production notes

Positive is the first part of Rosa von Praunheim's AIDS Trilogy, followed by Silence = Death and Fire Under Your Ass.

Awards

Reception

The Guardian called Silence = Death and Positive "the best AIDS films to date." [4] The Los Angeles Times wrote: "Praunheim is just the man for the job he has taken on with Silence = Death and Positive: he has the breadth of vision, the compassion and the militance and, yes, the sense of humor necessary to tackle the AIDS epidemic in all its aspects." [5]

Notes

  1. ↑ Murray, Images in the Dark, p. 109
  2. ↑ Kuzniar, The Queer German Cinema, p. 90
  3. ↑ "Berlin International Film Festival (1990)". IMDb .
  4. ↑ "Catalog: Sixteenth International San Francisco Lesbian & Gay Film Festival". Frameline Film Festival, 1992. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
  5. ↑ "MOVIE REVIEW : Praunheim Trilogy Takes On the AIDS Crisis". Los Angeles Times . 25 July 1990. Retrieved 2022-04-29.

References

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