Sex Positive
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| Sex Positive | |
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| Directed by | Daryl Wein |
| Produced by | David Oliver Cohen, Daryl Wein (producers), Zoe Lister Jones (associate producer) |
| Starring | Richard Berkowitz |
| Cinematography | Alex Bergman |
| Edited by | Daryl Wein |
| Music by | Michael Tremante |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Sex Positive is a 2008 documentary film about Richard Berkowitz directed by Daryl Wein. The film explores Berkowitz's life, presenting him as a revolutionary gay activist whose incomparable contribution to the invention of safe sex has never been aptly credited.[1][2]
The documentary had footages from Berkowitz, as well as Don Adler, Dotty Berkowitz (his mother), Susan Brown, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, Richard Dworkin (actor and artist), William A. Haseltine, Larry Kramer, Ardele Lister, Michael Lucas, Francisco Roque (director of Gay Men's Health Crisis), Gabriel Rotello, Joseph Sonnabend, Dr. Bill Stackhouse GMHC Secretary, Krishna Stone (former GMHC director of community relations[3]), Sean Strub and Edmund White.
In 2008, the film won the Grand Jury Award at the Los Angeles Outfest for "Best Documentary Feature".[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Sex Positive:Overview". MSN Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2009-08-22. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (11 June 2009). "Sex Positive (2008)". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
- ^ Mascali, Nikki M. (23 June 2017). ""We're sending a very clear message that the work is not done to achieve equality for everyone," Krishna Stone said". www.metro.us. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ "2008 OutFest winners". IMDb.
External links
[edit]- Sex Positive at IMDb
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