Mondays at Doc Films
Film and AIDS: Early Queer Responses to the AIDS Epidemic
Programmed by Daniel Schultz and Alex Wolfson
Drawing from a range of directors, this series surveys a diversity of aesthetic reactions to the AIDS epidemic, from queer revolt to Hollywood recuperation. The films negotiate the somatic and psychic pressures of the illness by contesting the moral, racial, sexual, and gendered discourses that surround its experience, presenting film as a site of both political intervention and stylistic experimentation. Films include Gregg Araki's The Living End, Derek Jarman's Blue, and Jonathan Demme's Philadelphia.
This series was supported by The Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality at the University of Chicago.
2/13/2017 @ 7:00 PM
Parting Glances
(Bill Sherwood, 1991) · The first mainstream film to directly address the AIDS epidemic shows gay life without the Reagan-era moralizing. The story is a 24-hour look into the lives of Robert and Michael, a gay couple living in New York, but the real focus of the movie is Nick (Steve Buscemi), an HIV positive musician. Buscemi, in a star making performance, gives a beautifully acted portrayal of an HIV positive gay man, adding grace and humanity to a stigmatized and stereotyped identity.
runtime: 90m format: 16mm
Date: February 13, 2017
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
See:http://docfilms.uchicago.edu/dev/calendar/2017/winter/mondays.shtml
Date: February 13, 2017
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
See:http://docfilms.uchicago.edu/dev/calendar/2017/winter/mondays.shtml