Positive (1990 film)

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

Positive
Directed byRosa von Praunheim
Screenplay byRosa von Praunheim
Produced byRosa von Praunheim
Phil Zwickler
StarringLarry Kramer
Michael Callen
Diamanda Galás
CinematographyMike Kuchar
Elfi Mikesch
Evan Estern
Edited byRosa von Praunheim
Mike Shephard
Production
company
Rosa Von Praunheim Filmproduktion
Distributed byFirst Run Features.
Release date
4 May 1990
Running time
60 minutes
CountriesUnited States
West Germany
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Positive is about how the gay community in New York City and its activists deal with the AIDS crisis. The film's protagonists include Larry Kramer and Diamanda Galás.[2]

Production notes

Positive is the first part of Rosa von Praunheim's AIDS-Trilogy.

Awards

Reception

The Guardian wrote in 1992: "Silence = Death and Positive: The best AIDS films to date [...]."[4] The Los Angeles Times summed it up: "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."[5]

Notes
  1. Murray, Images in the Dark, p. 109
  2. Kuzniar, The Queer German Cinema, p. 90
  3. "Berlin International Film Festival (1990)". IMDb.
  4. "Catalog: Sixteenth International San Francisco Lesbian & Gay Film Festival". Frameline Film Festival, 1992. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
  5. "MOVIE REVIEW : Praunheim Trilogy Takes On the AIDS Crisis". Los Angeles Times. 25 July 1990. Retrieved 2022-04-29.

References
  • Kuzniar, Alice A, The Queer German Cinema, Stanford University Press, 2000, ISBN 0-8047-3995-1
  • Murray, Raymond. Images in the Dark: An Encyclopedia of Gay and Lesbian Film and Video Guide to the Cinema of Spain. TLA Publications, 1994, ISBN 1-880707-01-2
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