Overview
This film powerfully documents New York City's gay community's response to the AIDS crisis as they are forced to organize themselves after the government's failure to stem the epidemic. Activists who are interviewed include playwrite Larry Kramer, People With AIDS Coalition co-founder Michael Callen (who died of AIDS in 1994), New York filmmaker and journalist Phil Zwickler, as well as representatives from ACT-UP, Queer Nation and the Gay Men's Health Crisis.
Cast
- Phil Zwickler as Self
- Larry Kramer as Self
- Michael Callen as Self
- Peter Staley as Self
- Gary Eller as Self
- Diamanda Galás as Self
- Jay Corcoran as Self
- John Finch as Self
- Arnie Kantrowitz as Self
- Ed Koch as Self