Keyword: hiv/aids epidemic

Pose

8.1

2018

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In the New York of the late 80s and early 90s, this is a story of ball culture and the gay and trans community, the raging AIDS crisis, and capitalism.

The Last American Gay Bar

8.7

2024

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Six-episode docuseries explores the history and decline of gay bars in America as LGBTQ+ acceptance grows, questioning if these sanctuaries remain vital.

In Our Blood

7.6

2023

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It follows people from politics, medicine and affected communities grappling with a new disease. They realize they must work together to succeed, requiring something radical: trust.

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

7.3

2023

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The biography of renowned actor Rock Hudson is examined in this relevant investigation of Hollywood and LGBTQ+ identity, from his public \ladies man\ character to his private life as a gay man.

NY84

5.3

2016

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NY84 follows the adventures of three young artists in the downtown art scene in the early 1980s. We gain an intimate glimpse into the creative and emotional life of Kate, Anton, and Keith. Young and carefree, the friends party, photograph, paint, sing, and play their way through the clubs and lofts of Alphabet City. The party ends in 1984 when Anton and Keith contract a mysterious illness known as the \gay cancer.\ As her music career takes off, Kate tries to save her friends. With the cameras still rolling, we meet the parents, patrons, and patients that struggle against the epidemic.

Baldiga: Unlocked Heart

7.1

2024

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Using diary excerpts, photographs and memories from companions, the film paints the portrait of the artist Jürgen Baldiga who sensitively and authentically captured the West Berlin queer scene of the 1980s and early 1990s with his camera.

Killing Patient Zero

5.7

2019

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Gaetan Dugas was openly gay. In early 1980s he contracted what was termed gay cancer. He provided blood samples and 72 names of his former sex partners. Dugas was demonized for his promiscuity and wrongfully identified as patient zero.

Howard

7.7

2018

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The story of songwriter Howard Ashman who penned the lyrics for Little Shop of Horrors, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast before he died of AIDS at the height of the AIDS crisis in 1991.