Positive (1990 film)

Positive is a 1990 documentary film directed, written and produced by Rosa von Praunheim (in cooperation with Phil Zwickler). The film received international resonance.Murray, Images in the Dark, p. 109

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 Michael Callen, Larry Kramer and Diamanda Galás.Kuzniar, The Queer German Cinema, p. 90

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

Awards 1990: Queer Film Prize of the Berlin International Film Festival (together with Silence = Death)

Reception The Guardian called Silence = Death and Positive "the best AIDS films to date." 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."

Notes

References Kuzniar, Alice A, The Queer German Cinema, Stanford University Press, 2000, Murray, Raymond. Images in the Dark: An Encyclopedia of Gay and Lesbian Film and Video Guide to the Cinema of Spain. TLA Publications, 1994,

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