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Wikipedia article




'Silence = Death' is a 1990 documentary film directed, written, and produced by Rosa von Praunheim (in cooperation with Phil Zwickler). The film received international resonance.

Plot



The film centers on the responses of gay artists in New York City to the AIDS crisis. The film's protagonists include Allen Ginsberg, Keith Haring and David Wojnarowicz.Murray, Raymond. 'Images in the Dark: An Encyclopedia of Gay and Lesbian Film and Video'. TLA Publications, 1994, . p. 109

Production notes



'Silence = Death' is the second part of Rosa von Praunheim's 'AIDS-Trilogy'.

Awards



*1990: Queer Film Prize of the Berlin International Film Festival (together with 'Positive')

Reception



The Guardian, one of Britain's most important newspapers, wrote in 1992: "'Silence = Death' and 'Positive': The best AIDS films to date [...]." The Los Angeles Times summed it up: "In short, 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." The renowned critic Jerry Tallmer, founder of the Obie Award, wrote in the newspaper The Record: "[...] Rosa (originally Holger) von Praunheim, the brilliant, acerbic director of such breakthrough gay-revolutionist works as 'Silence & Death' and 'A Virus Knows No Morals'."

See also



*Silence=Death Project

References




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