REVIEW SPECIAL: POSITIVE ART (TV)
Summary
This documentary explores how the arts have educated the public during the AIDS crisis. Clips of various works of art that have brought the reality of AIDS to the general public are shown, including the following: The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra playing John Corigliamo's Symphony No.1; "Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt"; "Sadness" by photographer William Yang; "April Fool's Day" by Bryce Courtenay; photographs by Nicholas Nixon; photos and text from the "Self Imaging Project"; "Desirelines" by Michael Gurr; the Freelance Dance Company performing "Love, Life, Lament"; the novel "Significant Others" by Armistead Maupin; "Shadows on the Dancefloor" by Gary Dunne; the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Choir performing "These Candles We Burn"; Michael Kearns performing "Rock"; "More Intimacies"; the play "The Normal Heart" by Larry Kramer; "Lovers"; Midnight Caller"; "Degrassi High"; the documentary "Silverlake Life -- The View From Here"; "Reaper Madness"; the feature films "Longtime Companion" by Norman RenŽ and "The Living End" by Gregg Araki; images by David Wojnarowicz; Tim Miller performing "My Queer Body"; "Jerker" by Robert Chesley; paintings by Brad Levido; the autobiographical play "The Destiny of Me" by Larry Kramer; "Blood and Honour" by Alex Harding; and Queen performing "Who Wants to Live Forever." Other highlights of this program include the following people discussing the effect of AIDS on their lives, the purpose of their work, the media's coverage of AIDS, the general public's reaction to the epidemic, and the art work that has emerged from it: author Dennis Altman; director Gregg Araki; author Christopher Bram; Paul Byrnes, director of the Sydney Film Festival; conductor Stuart Challender; author Robert Chesley; Joanna Cooper, facilitator of People Living With AIDS Community Theatre; composer John Corigliamo; authors Bryce Courtenay, Gary Dunne, and Michael Gurr; choreographer Norman Hall; AIDS educator Bill Hathaway; artist Keith Haring; director Brandon Jones; actor and writer Michael Kearns; Larry Kramer, author and co-founder of ACT UP; author Armistead Maupin; artist David McDiarmid; performance artist Tim Miller; Gillian Minervini, director of the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Film Festival; art critic Thomas Sokolowski; Kathy Triffit, facilitator of the Self Imaging Project; and photographer William Yang. A list of the creative people in this documentary who have died of AIDS appears on screen at the end of the program.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Australia)
- DATE: October 4, 1993 9:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:59:05
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:34883
- GENRE: Public affairs/Documentaries
- SUBJECT HEADING: AIDS (Disease); AIDS (Disease) in mass media; Artists; Gays; International Collection - Australia; NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt
- SERIES RUN: ABC (Australia) - TV, 1993
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Peter Butler … Executive Producer
- Greg Shears … Producer, Director
- James Waites … Researcher
- Jimmy Sommerville … Composer, Lyrics by, Performer, "Read My Lips (Enough is Enough)"
- Prince … Composer, Lyrics by, Performer, "Sign O' the Times"
- Stephen Sondheim … Composer, Lyrics by, "No One Is Alone" from "Into the Woods"
- James Lapine … Librettist, "Into the Woods"
- Romanovsky/Phillips … Composers, "Homophobia"
- Carl Vine … Composer, "Elegy"
- Melbourne Symphony Orchestra … Symphony Orchestra
- Sydney Gay and Lesbian Choir … Choir
- Derek Porter … Dancer
- Christian D'Hau … Dancer
- Rozalla … Performer, "Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)"
- Queen … Performer, "Who Wants to Live Forever"
- Robert Alexander
- Dennis Altman
- Gregg Araki
- Christopher Bram
- Paul Byrnes
- Stuart Challender
- Robert Chesley
- Joanna Cooper
- John Corigliamo
- Bryce Courtenay
- Gary Dunne
- Sandy Gore
- Michael Gurr
- Norman Hall
- Alex Harding
- Keith Haring
- Bill Hathaway
- Bruce Hughes
- Brandon Jones
- Michael Kearns
- Larry Kramer
- Carlton Lamb
- Brad Levido
- Armistead Maupin
- David McDiarmid
- Tim Miller
- Gillian Minervini
- Nicholas Nixon
- Jacqy Phillips
- Queen
- Daniel Rigney
- Raj Sidhu
- Thomas Sokolowski
- Kathy Triffit
- Hugo Weaving
- Linden Wilkinson
- David Wojnarowicz
- William Yang