Living with AIDS
| Living with AIDS | |
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| Directed by | Tina Di Feliciantonio |
| Distributed by | PBS |
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Living with AIDS is a 1987 documentary film directed by Tina Di Feliciantonio that achieved some recognition and awards within the film industry and earned Di Feliciantonio an Emmy.[1][2] Part of the AIDS Film Project, it was one of the first films broadcast on PBS about AIDS when it premiered on July 19, 1988.[3][4] The film tells the story of Todd Coleman and the people who cared for him during his final weeks.[5]
Coleman moved from Denver to San Francisco at the age of 16 and was diagnosed with AIDS at 21. Di Feliciantonio was a graduate student at Stanford and decided to film his care as a way of showing the world another side of the AIDS epidemic.[6]
References
[edit]- ↑ Hitchens, Gordon (January 1, 1998). "New York EXPO Exposes Shorts". International Documentary Association. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
- ↑ "Naked Eye Productions » Living with AIDS". Retrieved July 5, 2021.
- ↑ Thomas, Kevin (April 8, 1988). "AIDS Film Project to Launch Tour at Nuart". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
- ↑ "Film Description | Living With AIDS | POV | PBS". POV | American Documentary Inc. January 23, 1988. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
- ↑ "The AIDS Film Project". The Chicago Tribune. June 23, 1988. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
- ↑ O'Connor, John J. (July 19, 1988). "Review/Television; Of Survivalism and the AIDS Crisis". The New York Times. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
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