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发帖数: 1822 | 1 A Feature Length Documentary by David Weissman
OPENING IN THEATERS IN SEPTEMBER!
New York – Sept. 9 Angelika Film Center
Los Angeles – Sept. 14 GALA PREMIERE BENEFIT For Project Inform
Los Angeles – Sept. 16 Arclight Hollywood
Filmmakers David Weissman and Bill Weber co-directed the 2001 documentary,
The Cockettes, chronicling San Francisco’s legendary theater troupe of
hippies and drag queens, 1969 – 1972. We Were Here revisits San Francisco
a decade later, as its flourishing gay community is hit with an unimaginable
disaster.
We Were Here is the first documentary to take a deep and reflective look
back at the arrival and impact of AIDS in San Francisco. It explores how the
City’s inhabitants were affected by, and how they responded to, that
calamitous epidemic.
Though a San Francisco-based story, We Were Here extends beyond San
Francisco and beyond AIDS itself. It speaks to our capacity as individuals
to rise to the occasion, and to the incredible power of a community coming
together with love, compassion, and determination.
“It’s impossible for a single film to capture the devastation wrought by
AIDS, or the heroism with which many in the LGBT community responded to it.
But director David Weissman’s documentary is such a powerful achievement
because he just about does it.” Ernest Hardy, LA Weekly
“WE WERE HERE revisits the voices of a lost generation, and is a film that
shook this young gay reviewer to the core, leaving a strengthened sense of
historical rootedness and pride in my community that will stay with me for
the rest of my life.” Jake Weinraub, TheWrap.com
Produced and directed by David Weissman
Editor/ co-director Bill Weber
http://wewereherefilm.com/ |
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