Event
Positive & Silence = Death [In-Person Only]
Thu Dec 12: 7.00pm PDT
Sat Dec 14: 4.00pm PDT, 7.00pm PDT
Sun Dec 15: 4.00pm PDT, 7.00pm PDT
$14 General Admission
$10 Student/Child/Senior
$7 Member
About
(Rosa Von Praunheim, 1990, Germany & United States, Total Run Time 120 min, in English)
Upon the global outbreak of the AIDS epidemic, director Rosa Von Praunheim set his sights on making films in direct response to the inaction of the powerful and the action of those directly affected by HIV/AIDS. Positive and Silence = Death, the first two parts of Von Praunheims AIDS Trilogy, focus on the lived experiences and reactions of the queer community in New York City as they fight against a local and national government that allowed thousands of people to die without a second thought.
POSITIVE (1990)
This film powerfully documents New York Citys gay communitys response to the AIDS crisis as they are forced to organize themselves after the governments failure to stem the epidemic. Activists who are interviewed include playwrite Larry Kramer, People With AIDS Coalition co-founder Michael Callen (who died of AIDS in 1994), New York filmmaker and journalist Phil Zwickler, as well as representatives from ACT-UP, Queer Nation and the Gay Mens Health Crisis.
SILENCE = DEATH (1990)
Featuring appearances and performances by artists such as David Wojnarowicz, Rafael Gamba, Paul Smith, Peter Kunz, Allen Ginsberg, Don Moffett, Bern Boyle, Keith Haring and Emilio Cubeiro, Rosa Von Praunheims follow-up to Positive shifts focus to the various responses to the AIDS crisis in New York City from the arts community specifically.
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. Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
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LocationNorthwest Film Forum (View)
1515 12th Ave.
Seattle, WA 98122
United States
Categories
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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Accessibility
Ticketing, concessions, cinemas, restrooms, and our public edit lab are located on Northwest Film Forum's ground floor, which is wheelchair accessible. We have a limited number of assistive listening devices available for programs hosted in our larger theater, Cinema 1. These devices are maintained by the Technical Director, and can be requested at the ticketing and concessions counter.
The Forum does NOT have assistive devices for the visually impaired, and is not (yet) a scent-free venue. Our commitment to increasing access for our audiences is ongoing, and we welcome all public input on the subject!
If you have additional specific questions about accessibility at our venue, please contact our Patron Services Manager at maria@nwfilmforum.org
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