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.

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Cast

Phil Zwickler

Self

Larry Kramer

Self

Michael Callen

Self

Peter Staley

Self

Ed Koch

Self

Ronald Reagan

Self

Rosa von Praunheim

Self