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AIDS Trilogy

Scene from the movie “AIDS trilogy - Positive”
Scene from the movie “AIDS trilogy - Positive” | (detail) © Rosa von Praunheim

By Wieland Speck

AIDS trilogy

Schweigen = Tod | Germany, 1989 | Color | 55 minutes 
Positiv | Germany, 1990 | Color | 76 minutes
Feuer unterm Arsch | Germany, 1990 | Color | 50 minutes 

Director: Rosa von Praunheim
Languages: German with English subtitles
Rental formats: DVD, Blu-ray, DCP
World distributor: Rosa von Praunheim Filmproduktion

Rosa von Praunheim’s 1990 documentary AIDS TRILOGIE reminds us of the needs unmet by state and society at a time when large parts of the gay population had already fallen victim to the epidemic. The situation in Berlin is presented in contrast with that in the United States, where horror gave way to anger and solidarity went far beyond sexual orientation and a shared experience of discrimination. This film is a radical snapshot of an unprecedented situation that turned hedonists into political activists and social workers.
  • "Fire Under Your Ass" by Rosa von Praunheim (AIDS Trilogy) © Rosa von Praunheim
    Fire Under Your Ass
    On the Life and Death of Gay Men in Berlin
  • “Positive” by Rosa von Praunheim © Rosa von Praunheim
    Positive
    The Response of Gay Men in New York to AIDS
  • “Silence = Death” by Rosa von Praunheim © Rosa von Praunheim
    Silence = Death
    Artists in New York fight AIDS with haunting New York artist and AIDS activist David Wojnarowicz
 

With his film recommendations (in UPPERCASE) Wieland Speck traces central themes of social development in Germany. The recommendations are accompanied by additional proposals (in "quotes").
 

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