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Wikipedia article'We Were Here' is a 2011 American documentary film about the HIV/AIDS crisis in San Francisco. The film, produced and directed by David Weissman with editor and co-director Bill Weber, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2011, with its international festival premiere following at the Berlin International Film Festival in February 2011. The theatrical premiere took place at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco on February 25, 2011. People interviewedThe film focuses on 5 different interviews of people that had a protagonist role during the epidemic. These people are, in order of appearance: * Ed Wolf, a counselor to many gay men * Paul Boneberg, a political activist * Daniel Goldstein, an HIV+ artist who lost 2 partners to AIDS * Guy Clark, a dancer who ran a corner flower stand near the Castro, supplying flowers to many funerals * Eileen Glutzer, a nurse who helped administer clinical trials for antiretroviral drugs Reception'We Were Here' holds a 100% "certified fresh" rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes and a 94 rating on Metacritic, the highest among films of 2011. AwardsSee also* 'And the Band Played On' (1993) * 'How to Survive a Plague' (2012) References | |
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