Silence = Death (film)

Silence = Death
Silence = Death
Directed by	Rosa von Praunheim
Screenplay by	Rosa von Praunheim
Produced by	Rosa von Praunheim ; Michael Lupetin
Starring	Allen Ginsberg; Keith Haring; David Wojnarowicz; Paul Smith; Rafael Gamba; Peter Kunz; Don Moffett; Bern Boyle; Emilio Cubeiro;
Cinematography	Mike Kuchar
Edited by	Rosa von Praunheim ; Mike Shephard
Production; company	Rosa Von Praunheim Filmproduktion
Distributed by	First Run Features
Release date	4 May 1990;
Running time	60 minutes
Countries	United States; West Germany
Language	English

Silence = Death is a 1990 documentary film directed, written, and produced by Rosa von Praunheim (in cooperation with Phil Zwickler). The film received international resonance.^[1]^[2]

Plot

The film centers on the responses of gay artists in New York City to the AIDS crisis. The film's protagonists include David Wojnarowicz, Rafael Gamba, Paul Smith, Peter Kunz, Allen Ginsberg, Don Moffett, Bern Boyle, Keith Haring and Emilio Cubeiro.^[3]

Production notes

Silence = Death is the second part of Rosa von Praunheim's AIDS-Trilogy.

Awards

1990: Queer Film Prize of the Berlin International Film Festival (together with Positive)^[4]

Reception

The Guardian wrote in 1992: "Silence = Death and Positive: The best AIDS films to date."^[5] The Los Angeles Times wrote: "In short, Praunheim is just the man for the job he has taken on with Silence = Death and Positive: he has the breadth of vision, the compassion and the militance and, yes, the sense of humor necessary to tackle the AIDS epidemic in all its aspects."^[6] Critic Jerry Tallmer, founder of the Obie Award, wrote: "Rosa (originally Holger) von Praunheim, the brilliant, acerbic director of such breakthrough gay-revolutionist works as Silence & Death and A Virus Knows No Morals."^[7]

References

^ Maslin, Janet (May 4, 1990). "Review/Film; Of AIDS, Frustration And Fury". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
^ Bell, Chris (2006). "American AIDS Film". In Gerstner, David A. (ed.). Routledge International Encyclopedia of Queer Culture (1 ed.). Routledge. pp. 28–29. ISBN 9780415306515. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
^ Murray, Raymond. Images in the Dark: An Encyclopedia of Gay and Lesbian Film and Video. TLA Publications, 1994, ISBN 1880707012. p. 109
^ "Berlin International Film Festival (1990)". IMDb.
^ "Catalog: Sixteenth International San Francisco Lesbian & Gay Film Festival". Frameline Film Festival, 1992. 2 September 2012. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
^ "MOVIE REVIEW : Praunheim Trilogy Takes On the AIDS Crisis". Los Angeles Times. 25 July 1990. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
^ "Playing the fool". Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (University of California) - The Record, 1995. Retrieved 2022-04-20.

External links

Silence = Death at IMDb

[1] Maslin, Janet (May 4, 1990). "Review/Film; Of AIDS, Frustration And Fury". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-24.

[2] Bell, Chris (2006). "American AIDS Film". In Gerstner, David A. (ed.). Routledge International Encyclopedia of Queer Culture (1 ed.). Routledge. pp. 28–29. ISBN 9780415306515. Retrieved 2022-06-15.

[Murray_109-3] Murray, Raymond. Images in the Dark: An Encyclopedia of Gay and Lesbian Film and Video. TLA Publications, 1994, ISBN 1880707012. p. 109

[4] "Berlin International Film Festival (1990)". IMDb.

[TheGuardian-5] "Catalog: Sixteenth International San Francisco Lesbian & Gay Film Festival". Frameline Film Festival, 1992. 2 September 2012. Retrieved 2022-04-29.

[LAT-6] "MOVIE REVIEW : Praunheim Trilogy Takes On the AIDS Crisis". Los Angeles Times. 25 July 1990. Retrieved 2022-04-29.

[Aids-7] "Playing the fool". Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (University of California) - The Record, 1995. Retrieved 2022-04-20.

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