RESPONDING TO AIDS
Out In India: A Family’s Journey
Dir. Tom Keegan
(USA, 2008, 71 min)
David Gere gets a Fulbright Fellowship to live in India for six months to organize a conference of artists doing AIDS-related work. With his partner Peter Carley and their two small children, he travels halfway around the globe to Bangalore where they find themselves immersed in a culture where sex and homosexuality are not openly discussed, same-sex parents are unheard of, and people with HIV suffer from prejudice and stigma.
Dir. Tom Keegan
(USA, 2008, 71 min)
David Gere gets a Fulbright Fellowship to live in India for six months to organize a conference of artists doing AIDS-related work. With his partner Peter Carley and their two small children, he travels halfway around the globe to Bangalore where they find themselves immersed in a culture where sex and homosexuality are not openly discussed, same-sex parents are unheard of, and people with HIV suffer from prejudice and stigma.
The Test, La Prueba
Dir. Diego Torres
(Spain, 2007, 9 min)
While living in Valencia, Spain, Bolivian documentary filmmaker Diego Torres, recounts the life of a thirty four year old man, Alex, who after being diagnosed HIV+ must adapt to the medical treatments and his new life regime. This candid interview reveals the Spanish ideosyncracies and the stereotypes that still exist about people who have been infected with HIV.
Dir. Diego Torres
(Spain, 2007, 9 min)
While living in Valencia, Spain, Bolivian documentary filmmaker Diego Torres, recounts the life of a thirty four year old man, Alex, who after being diagnosed HIV+ must adapt to the medical treatments and his new life regime. This candid interview reveals the Spanish ideosyncracies and the stereotypes that still exist about people who have been infected with HIV.
After the screenings, everyone is invited to join us for a panel discussion with Local Gay Veterans and attending director Tom Murray. Light refreshments will be served at the Unisphere Gallery of the Queens Museum of Art.
FUNDED IN PART BY
WEB PARTNERS
THIS PROGRAM IS SUPPORTED, IN PART, BY PUBLIC FUNDS FROM THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS & WITH FUNDS FROM THE DECENTRALIZATION REGRANT PROGRAM OF THE NEW YORK STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS ADMINISTERED BY THE QUEENS COUNCIL ON THE ARTS.