Positive (1990)

4.2/10 • 83 min • Documentary

Overview

This film powerfully documents New York City's gay community's response to the AIDS crisis as they are forced to organize themselves after the government's 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 Men's Health Crisis.

Cast

Phil Zwickler

Larry Kramer

Michael Callen

Peter Staley

Self

Ed Koch

Ronald Reagan

Rosa von Praunheim

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