Reframing AIDS (1987)

Reframing AIDS

1987

Documentary

Synopsis

Through a series of interviews with leading British AIDS activists and cultural theorists, this documentary investigates the way in which AIDS has been used by the media and by the government to increase state harassment of gay men and lesbians, black people and women. Framing the problem in terms of a left politic, the tape reveals how both homophobia and puritanism have been responsible for the slow government response to AIDS.

Credits

Director

Pratibha Parmar

Cast

Isaac Julien as Himself

Simon Watney as Himself

Stuart Marshall as Himself

Sue O’Sullivan as Herself