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Silence = Death and Positive were the first and second parts of an
AIDS trilogy by Rosa von Praunheim made in 1989. Phil collaborated on
both films, and was the central figure in Positive.
Silence = Death examines AIDS through the visions of a number
of writers and artists, including Allen Ginsberg, who declares that
"the planet itself has AIDS," Keith Haring and David Wojnarowicz.
Positive represents the answer of gay men living in New York
to AIDS and demonstrates the great and courageous struggle of a
minority which has organized itself in the face of ignorance on the
part of the state and the city.
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Directed by Rosa von Praunheim
Total Running Time: 90 mins.
Original Format: 16mm.
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1. Introduction
2:06 mins.
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2. Artists
2:51 mins.
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3. Names Quilt
3:13 mins.
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4. Gran Fury
1:07 mins.
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Directed by Rosa von Praunheim,
In Collaboration with Phil Zwickler, Robert Hilferty, and Steven Weiss.
Total Running Time: 60 mins.
Original Format: 16mm.
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1. Introduction
3:34 mins.
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2. Larry Kramer
1:48 mins.
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3. Michael Callen
3:18 mins.
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4. Interviews
57 secs.
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5. GMHC
1:19 mins.
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6. Sarah Schulman
1:23 mins.
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7. Mayor Koch
2:55 mins.
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8. Central Park
3:25 mins.
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9. ACTUP
2:56 mins.
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10. Phil Zwickler
1:19 mins.
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"Of AIDS, Frustration and Fury"
The New York Times
by Janet Maslin
1990
Review of both Silence = Death and Positive.
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"Movies About AIDS Take the Spotlight"
by Jonathan Mandell
1990
Reviews from the 1990 Documentary Film Festival of New York.
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Film at the Public
Spring/Summer 1990
Silence = Death and Positive screen in the Joseph Papp Public Film series.
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Silence = Death
Berlin Film Festival
1990
The original catalogue information for "Silence = Death", which
screened in the Panorama section of the Berlin Film Festival.
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Silence = Death
Nyon International Documentary Film Festival
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Positive
Berlin Film Festival
1990
The original catalogue information for Positive, which
screened in the Panorama section of the Berlin Film Festival.
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Positive
At the Documentary Festival of New York
April 5-22, 1990
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Positive
Commentary Edits
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