Voices from the Front

Voices from the Front (1992)

In New York City, a distraught activist confronts the mayor with a story of a friend who languished on a cot in an emergency room hallway for nine days, only to die 48 hours after leaving the hospital. In 1988, thousands of activists hold the Food and Drug Administration under siege, demanding speedier drug approval. In 1990 AIDS activists converge on the National Institute of Health, calling for a more equitable clinical trial system and expanded research into new drugs and treatment. Voices From the Front, the first feature-length documentary on AIDS activism in America, makes clear the emotional and political effects of community activism using the voices of those directly engaged. It is a powerful distillation of pictures and words from events organized to change public consciousness, expose the failure of the health care systems, and challenge government inaction and neglect concerning AIDS.

Data di uscita
1992-03-18
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (1)
Durata
1 h 30 min
Generi
Documentario
Regista
Sandra Elgear, Robyn Hutt, David Meieran

Cast

Curiosità

Voices from the Front is an American documentary film, released in 1991. Directed by Robyn Hutt, Sandra Elgear and David Meieran, the film is a portrait of the activism in the late 1980s around the HIV/AIDS crisis, including the work of organizations such as ACT UP and Queer Nation, and individuals such as Larry Kramer, Vito Russo and Peter Staley.

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